Disciplinary dismissal letter for a household employee (Spain)
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For a householder in Spain who employs someone to work in the home (cleaning, childcare or elderly care) and dismisses them for a serious, culpable breach. The letter meets art. 55.1 of the Spanish Workers' Statute: the facts, the ground under art. 54.2, the effective date, the prior hearing and the final settlement. For domestic employment only. It is handed over against a receipt or sent by burofax. In Spanish.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
Published byDocMuse
When to use this document
- You employ someone to clean or care at home in Spain and want to dismiss them for serious misconduct.
- Your household help keeps missing work without any reason.
- Things have gone missing at home and you want to end the employment of the person you employ.
- You want a disciplinary dismissal letter that states the facts and the date.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employer (company name or, for an individual, full name)
- Address of the employing household
- Household head's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- How the letter is sent (printed above the recipient)
- Employee
- Worker's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
- City
- Date
- Date of hiring
- Position
- Facts behind the dismissal (dates, place and what happened)
- Breach under the Spanish Workers' Statute (art. 54.2)
- Date the worker was heard on the facts
- Effective date
Common questions
- What must a disciplinary dismissal letter for household staff in Spain say?
- In writing, the specific facts behind the dismissal and the date it takes effect (art. 55.1 of the Spanish Workers' Statute, applied through art. 11 of Royal Decree 1620/2011). Since the full Supreme Court's judgment of 18 November 2024, the worker must be given the chance to answer the facts before being dismissed. A vague or undated letter makes the dismissal unfair.
- Can this letter be used in Spain if the household employee is pregnant or on leave?
- Not without speaking to a professional first. Art. 55.5 of the Spanish Workers' Statute makes a dismissal void during pregnancy, birth and childcare leave, or after a request to reduce or adapt working time, unless it is found justified for reasons unrelated to those situations. Nor does this letter serve for the other grounds for ending the job that Royal Decree 1620/2011 has allowed since 2022.
- How is the dismissal letter delivered in Spain, and what follows?
- By hand, in two copies, asking the worker to sign and date the receipt on yours (signing only proves receipt), or by burofax with certified content if they refuse. Afterwards, the end of the job is reported to the General Treasury of Social Security under the special scheme for household employees within three calendar days of the end, and the final settlement is paid.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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