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The Supreme Court approves that the Mossos receive night shift pay during holidays

The Supreme Court dismisses the Generalitat's appeal, confirming that night-working Mossos receive night shift pay during holidays.

Marta Sanz
Marta Sanz
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The Generalitat has lost the first appeal it filed against a case of this kind. The Supreme Court confirms that night shift pay must be paid during the holiday month.

The Generalitat has lost the first appeal it filed against a Mossos d'Esquadra officer who claimed night shift pay during his holidays. The first section of the contentious-administrative chamber of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in a ruling dated 7 October.

The high court thus endorses the ruling issued in June 2025 by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. According to the Supreme Court, the remuneration for services rendered, such as the night shift pay, is a supplement and not a bonus:

«it does not have the character of a bonus but of a supplement»

Therefore, it cannot be deducted during the holiday month. The jurisprudence of the Supreme Court itself considers this doctrine to be

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