The public company ARM - Águas e Resíduos da Madeira and the SITE/CSRA union have celebrated the fourth revision of the company agreement, which includes a salary update retroactive to January 1, 2026 and a progressive increase in the meal allowance until 2029.
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:
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.
The Health Administration Institute, IP-RAM, has opened a joint recruitment procedure to fill two Technical Assistant positions on permanent contracts, with applications open for 10 working days.
The Regional Government Council authorised the transfer of €8,230,814.50 from the Madeira Social Security Institute to the Regional Secretariat for Finance, corresponding to the remaining 2026 allocation for active employment policies.
The Regional Secretariat for Finance has approved, through Normative Order no. 5/2026, the principles, general rules and procedure for curricular assessment, revoking the 2011 order on the same matter.