The Federation of Services to Citizens of CCOO PV of the Southern Regions has announced a recent judicial ruling condemning Dénia City Council. This decision obliges the local administration to reinstate and compensate the civil servant who served as the head of the CCOO union section, who was dismissed in February 2025.
According to the union's statement, the condemnation includes the payment of 14 months' salary and two extra payments owed to the worker, with a gross salary of 2,453 euros, totaling approximately 40,000 euros. An additional compensation amount brings the total to over 50,000 euros of public money that Dénia City Council will have to bear. CCOO describes this situation as the result of “pathetic and disastrous management” by the Human Resources department and the legal services contracted by the council.
The jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the doctrine of the Supreme Court dictate that, in the face of a physical limitation, the employer has the duty to exhaust the search for reasonable adjustments before proceeding with the termination of the contractual relationship.
The union organization details that the condemnation is based on the violation of the “fundamental right to equality” (article 14 of the Spanish Constitution) and discrimination stemming from the “systematic infringement of the Law on Prevention of Occupational Risks”. Furthermore, the union accuses the local administration of having used private medical data to the detriment of the worker, violating article 22.4 of the aforementioned law. CCOO points out that the Human Resources department of Dénia's progressive coalition government acted in “bad faith” by not exhausting reasonable adjustment options before the dismissal.
In light of this resolution, Comisiones Obreras demands the immediate reinstatement of its union representative and his appointment as a career civil servant with recognized seniority from March 1, 2010. They also claim full payment of salaries, seniority bonuses (trienios), and supplements from April 16, 2025, as well as the right to the corresponding grade of the Professional Horizontal Career for 16 years of service.
Finally, the union urges the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, and the entire governing team not to appeal the sentence to “prevent Dénia City Council from continuing to lose public money every day that passes”. At the same time, they call for a “thorough investigation” into the functioning of those responsible for the Human Resources department of the Dénia council.
