Fixed-term contract for production needs (Spain)
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For an employer in Spain that needs a temporary contract for an occasional, unforeseeable rise in activity or for an occasional, foreseeable and short situation. It makes the employer describe the cause, the specific circumstances and their link with the term precisely, as art. 15 of the Spanish Workers' Statute has required since the 2021 labour reform: without that cause the contract is open-ended. It sets the term (up to six months, or a year if a sector agreement extends it), trial period, hours, pay and the final payment of twelve days per year. Signed before work starts. In Spanish.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
Published byDocMuse
When to use this document
- Your business in Spain has landed an unexpectedly large order and needs an extra pair of hands for a few months.
- A busy season is coming and you want to take someone on just for that period.
- You want a temporary contract whose reason is written so that it does not turn into a permanent one.
- You have hired people on temporary contracts without writing down why and want to do it properly now.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- City
- Date
- Person signing for the employer
- DNI or NIE of the person signing for the employer (Spanish identity number)
- Capacity in which they sign (e.g. sole director, or owner if the employer is an individual)
- Employer (company name or, for an individual, full name)
- Employer's NIF (Spanish tax number)
- Employer's address (registered office, for a company)
- Company's entry in the Spanish Registro Mercantil (if any)
- Employee
- Employee's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- Employee's address
- Full-time or part-time
- Kind of temporary need (unforeseen increase or foreseeable short situation)
- Precise description of the cause, the specific circumstances and how they relate to the term
- Start date
- End date of the contract
- Position
- Professional group or category under the collective agreement
- Collective agreement applied: name, code and official bulletin it was published in (or “none”)
- Duties
- Place of work
- Trial period (e.g. “two months” or “no trial period”)
- Weekly working hours
- Working hours
- Salary in words
- Gross base salary
- Other components of pay
- How the two extra payments are paid
- Method of payment
- Day of payment
- Who covers work accidents and occupational illness (the mutua or Spain's INSS)
- Additional terms
Common questions
- How long can a fixed-term contract for production needs last in Spain?
- If it is for an occasional, unforeseeable rise in activity, six months at most, or up to a year if a sector collective agreement extends it; if agreed for less, it may be extended once within that maximum. For occasional, foreseeable and short situations, the employer may use it for only ninety days in a calendar year, not in a continuous block; since Spanish Law 1/2025, one hundred and twenty days for farm and food-industry seasons (art. 15.2 of the Spanish Workers' Statute).
- What happens in Spain if a fixed-term contract does not state its cause properly?
- Since the 2021 labour reform, a fixed-term contract is valid only for production needs or to replace a worker, and it must state precisely the cause, the specific circumstances behind it and its link with the term. If there is no cause, or it is not stated, the employee becomes permanent (art. 15 of the Spanish Workers' Statute). A fixed-term contract of more than four weeks must also be in writing (art. 8.2).
- Does Spain's public employment service publish a free fixed-term contract model?
- Yes. The Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) publishes on sepe.es free fixed-term model contracts and a model information sheet on working conditions under Royal Decree 723/2026, and the employer reports the contract to it online, also free. This document is a contract set out in clauses that makes you write the cause in the detail art. 15 of the Spanish Workers' Statute requires, with the information of Royal Decree 723/2026, for those who prefer it; it does not replace that filing.
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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