ARM and union agree on fourth company agreement revision with retroactive pay raises

The fourth revision of the company agreement celebrated between ARM - Águas e Resíduos da Madeira, S.A. and the SITE/CSRA - Union of Workers of the Manufacturing Industries, Energy and Environmental Activities of the Center South and Autonomous Regions has been published in JORAM. The agreement, signed in Funchal on July 22, 2026, revises the previous consolidated text and introduces significant changes to the working conditions of the approximately 121 covered workers.

The main agreed changes are:

• Retroactive salary update: The pecuniary provisions, including the salary update, take effect retroactively from January 1, 2026.
• Progressive increase in meal allowance: The daily value of the meal allowance, paid exclusively by card, will be gradually increased:
  • €7.50 during 2026 (retroactive to January 1)
  • €8.00 from January 1, 2027
  • €8.50 from January 1, 2028
  • €9.00 from January 1, 2029
• Allowance for cash handling: The daily allowance for cash handling for workers in treasury or collection functions has been set at €4.40 (gross) for each effective working day.
• Normal working period: The maximum limit of 7 daily hours and 35 weekly hours, on average, is maintained.
• Temporary assignment of functions: ARM may assign a worker from the supervision and management groups to perform functions different from their functional group for a maximum period of four years.
• Elimination of old mechanisms: Transitional provisions and old seniority-based progression mechanisms (points and seniority change) have been eliminated, consolidating the progression system based on performance evaluation.

The agreement also includes the complete update of the salary tables (Annexes A, B and C), which define the monetary amounts for all categories and positions, including managers, senior technicians and operational assistants. The company agreement is valid for three years, renewing automatically for one-year periods.