Claim for unpaid wages and overtime (Spain)
€1.38Fill it in online free — pay only to download
15 questions · about 6 min
This document is in Spanish
The PDF you download is in Spanish — that is the language it has to be filed in, so it is not translated. Everything on this page is here to tell you what it says.
Fill out the form
Your answers stay on this device for 7 days, or until you clear them.
- Instant download after payment
- Backup link emailed to you
- No account needed
For an employee in Spain whose employer has not paid wages, extra payments or overtime. The letter itemises what is owed by month and type, demands payment by a set date with the ten per cent late-payment interest of art. 29.3 of the Spanish Workers' Statute, interrupts the one-year time limit to claim and announces the request for conciliation (papeleta). It is sent by burofax with certified content. In Spanish.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
Published byDocMuse
When to use this document
- Your employer in Spain owes you several months' pay and is not paying.
- You work overtime but the extra hours never appear on your payslip.
- You have left the job and the last month's pay still has not arrived.
- You want a formal claim by burofax before going to the conciliation service.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employee
- Employee's address
- Employee's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- Employer (company name or, for an individual, full name)
- Employer's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
- City
- Date
- Date of hiring
- Position
- Claims by month (month, type of pay, gross amount)
- Unpaid overtime (dates and hours)
- Total due
- Payment deadline given
- Collective agreement that applies
- IBAN
Common questions
- How long is there in Spain to claim unpaid wages?
- One year from the day the amount could be claimed, usually the day each month's pay was due (art. 59.2 of the Spanish Workers' Statute). The period is interrupted by a written claim that reaches the employer, such as this burofax, and by the request for conciliation; after an interruption it starts again from the beginning. Do not wait for the last month.
- What is the papeleta de conciliación in Spain and where is it filed?
- It is the request for prior conciliation filed with the region's mediation, arbitration and conciliation service before suing the employer (art. 63 of the Spanish Labour Procedure Act); in Madrid it is the SMAC, which accepts it online or in person. Each service publishes its own form free of charge: DocMuse does not sell it. If there is no agreement, the claim goes to the labour section of the Tribunal de Instancia.
- Why does this Spanish wage claim not include an invitation to negotiate?
- Because Organic Law 1/2025, which requires an attempt at an alternative means of dispute resolution before suing, leaves labour matters out: for them the prior step is conciliation before the region's service. If the employer is insolvent, the Wage Guarantee Fund (FOGASA) pays wages and indemnities within limits (art. 33 of the Spanish Workers' Statute).
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
DocMuse sells documents, not legal advice. Acceptance always depends on the recipient's rules and your local law.
Related documents
- Notice of absence on sick leave to the employer (Spain)
A Spanish letter, in Spanish, for an employee on sick leave in Spain who wants to tell the employer in writing. Since 1 April 2023 (Spanish Royal Decree 1060/2022) the employee no longer hands in a copy of the sick note: the INSS, Spain's social security institute, sends its details to the employer electronically. The letter only reports the absence, its start date and, if wished, the estimated length, never the diagnosis. Hand it over against a signed receipt, send it by certified post or burofax, or use the channel set by the collective agreement. It holds health data, so it is sold blank and filled in by hand.
- Disciplinary dismissal letter for a household employee (Spain)
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.
- Domestic worker employment contract (Spain)
For a family or person in Spain hiring a household employee on an open-ended contract: cleaning, cooking, childcare or care of an older person, living in or out. It sets out the tasks, the trial period, the hours and rest of Spanish Royal Decree 1620/2011, pay by the month or by the hour, pay in kind, the extra payments, holidays and the termination rules as they stand since Royal Decree-Law 16/2022. Both sides sign it before work starts. In Spanish.
- Open-ended employment contract (Spain)
For a company or self-employed person in Spain hiring an employee on an open-ended contract, full-time or part-time. It sets out the position and professional group, the collective agreement, a trial period within the limits of art. 14 of the Spanish Workers' Statute, working hours, salary and the two extra payments, holidays, training and notice, with the written information required by Spanish Royal Decree 723/2026. Signed in two copies before work starts. In Spanish.
- Employee confidentiality agreement (Spain)
For an employer in Spain that wants to set down in writing what information an employee must keep secret, during the contract and afterwards. It defines confidential information, what is excluded, permitted use, the return of documents and equipment at the end and the period after termination, in line with the duty of good faith in the Spanish Workers' Statute and Spanish Law 1/2019 on Trade Secrets. It is not a non-compete clause: it does not stop the employee working for another business later. Both sides sign it. In Spanish.
- Request for end-of-employment documents (Spain)
For an employee in Spain whose contract has ended and who has not received the paperwork. The letter asks the employer for the employer's certificate for the SEPE, the final settlement (finiquito) with each item itemised, any missing payslips and the income-tax withholding certificate, and leaves room for other documents. It is handed over against a receipt, sent by certified letter or by burofax. In Spanish.