The union organization FSIE Madrid, the majority representative in the region's subsidized education sector, has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education, Science and Universities, employers' associations, and other sector unions. This pact regulates partial retirements with relief contracts, a historic right whose recovery is celebrated by FSIE Madrid, albeit under strict scrutiny due to the limitations presented by the text.

The agreement stipulates that the Ministry will cover salary and contribution costs for teachers under delegated payment, promoting generational replacement through indefinite, full-time contracts. However, FSIE Madrid criticizes that the document is limited to the 2026-2027 academic year and conditioned on budgetary instructions yet to be defined, which creates uncertainty in the education sector.

Retirements regulated by this agreement will begin between September 1, 2026, and August 31, 2027. To qualify, teachers must have a minimum of six years of seniority at the center and be on full-time delegated payment. The reduced working hours for the relieved teacher will be 75% two years before ordinary retirement, with the possibility of accumulating working hours by prior agreement with the company. The relief worker, in turn, must be hired full-time and indefinitely.

The union warns that this signing must also serve to immediately unblock other critical needs that the Ministry has pending, such as salary and labor dignity for Administrative and Services Staff (PAS), the restoration of the regional supplement and vacation pay for substitute staff, and a real reduction in the administrative burden affecting teaching teams. FSIE Madrid concludes that it will not allow this advance to be a “smokescreen” to ignore the sector's other historical demands.