The agreement, agreed by 98% of the workforce, reinforces the commitment to equality, talent and job security and will enter into force retroactively from 1 January 2026.
The new agreement strengthens Leitat’s capacity to attract, retain and motivate high-level professionals and positions the organisation as a leading entity in the modernisation of labour relations within the Catalan and Spanish technological system.
The technological centre Leitat already applies its first own collective agreement, a historic step in its institutional and organisational evolution. The agreement, agreed with 98% of the workforce and jointly signed by the general management and the workers’ committee, represents a new labour framework adapted to the reality of an R&D&I centre and to the challenges of technological transformation.
The new agreement, which will enter into force retroactively from 1 January 2026 following the positive resolution of registration and publication by the Department of Business and Labour, will have a duration of three years and an annual review of the working calendar and salary aspects. The text reinforces commitments to equal opportunities, occupational safety and health and non-discrimination, as well as updates professional categories.
A tailor-made agreement for the technological centre
Leitat’s own agreement represents a milestone for the centre, as it leaves behind the former textile sector framework to establish a labour model tailored to its scientific and technological environment, much more flexible. It will allow adapting working conditions to the changing nature of research and innovation, improving talent management and ensuring a more efficient response to new market demands and those of partner companies.
In addition, the new agreement positions Leitat as a leading organisation in the modernisation of labour relations within the Catalan and Spanish technological system, providing it with its own decision-making instrument for future improvements in an internal and autonomous way, strengthening the entity’s capacity to attract, retain and motivate high-level professionals.
Towards a modern and sustainable labour relations model
With this agreement, Leitat reinforces its labour relations model based on trust, co-responsibility and transparency, and consolidates its commitment to people’s well-being and to professional development that places talent at the centre.
The agreement is framed within the new strategic stage initiated by the organisation, aimed at consolidating a model of sustainable, innovative growth with social and economic impact, which at the same time boosts the competitiveness of the country’s industrial and technological ecosystem.
Commitment to people and talent
According to Jordi Cabrafiga, General Director of Leitat, “this agreement is much more than a labour framework: it is an expression of our commitment to the people who make our mission possible. Today, Leitat is a more cohesive, modern and competitive organisation, capable of combining scientific excellence with fair, balanced working conditions adapted to current times.”
For their part, the workers’ committee highlighted “the value of having achieved an agreement based on dialogue, collaboration and consensus. For years, staff had been asking for their own agreement, and the result reflects a shared will to guarantee safety, equality and labour sustainability within a common project.”
