Overview

• The council published on August 5 a one-year contract with a base budget of €18,148.79 requiring private detectives to carry out at least ten three-day follow-ups on municipal employees on sick leave.
• Tender specifications direct investigators to track targets from their homes to frequented locations, confirm alternate addresses and phones, and review official records and social media for signs of incompatible activity.
• CSIF denounced the contract as excessive and disproportionate, arguing it criminalizes workers and violates the exclusive authority of medical bodies to certify temporary incapacity.
• Municipal sources cite favorable legal reports from the Human Resources, Legal and Procurement departments and say the move aims to curb a roughly 10% absenteeism rate and contain over €2 million in annual sick-leave costs.
• No award decision has been reported and unions are calling for preventive occupational-health programs and organizational reviews instead of surveillance.