He State Public Employment Service offers significant assistance to people who are unemployed or have exhausted their unemployment benefits in order to facilitate their integration into the labour market or simply to avoid a situation close to vulnerability. A star subsidy of the SEPE concerns assistance to people over 52, who may lose the right to the allowance if they do not meet a series of conditions.
People over 52 and people close to the age limit for accessing the ordinary retirement They are part of the large forgotten groups. In the years of economic recession, many workers in this age group were unemployed and many did not return to work, which was detrimental in terms of years of contributions to obtain 100% of the regulatory base.
This is why the unlimited help of the SEPE for people over 52 who have exhausted their unemployment benefits. A big difference from the rest of the aid is that it is indefinite, so it can be received until the retirement date, and in addition, by receiving this subsidy, you also contribute to the Social securityin particular for 125% of the minimum contribution in force each year.
This is an aid with which the State Public Employment ServiceIt aims to give a boost to people who are approaching retirement age and who have even spent unemployment benefits. Of course, to access this benefit, which amounts to 480 euros, you must meet a series of conditions and also a series of obligations in order to continue to have access to essential help for tens of thousands of people in our country.
The conditions for benefiting from this SEPE subsidy
To be able to access this SEPE grant for people over 52, you must meet a series of conditions that we use below:
- Be unemployed.
- Be 52 years of age or older and have exhausted unemployment benefits, be an immigrant returned to Spain, released from prison without the right to benefits or have been declared fully capable or a person with a permanent disability.
- Be registered as a job seeker for one month from the end of unemployment benefit.
- Comply with the activity agreement, attached to the grant application.
- Not have any personal income of any kind which, calculated monthly, exceeds 75% of the minimum interprofessional wage.
- Prove that on the date of the causal event and on the date of the grant application, you meet all the requirements, except age, to access any type of contributory retirement pension from the Spanish Social Security system.
Here’s how to apply for this SEPE grant
One of the main reasons for the SEPE The removal of social assistance for people over 52 years of age is covered by the activity agreement. Social security calls this pact “the written agreement between the public employment services and the worker requesting these services, in which the rights and obligations of both parties are established to increase the employability of the latter, taking into account, where appropriate, priority needs.” groups.
The main reason for the suspension of this subsidy is related to the rejection of a job offer without justified reason. It is also a reason for cancellation if the beneficiary refuses training. Failure to comply with this reason will result in a suspension of the subsidy for three months and in the case of a second time, it will be six months. If there is a third, Social Security will proceed to suspend the grant.
There are also other reasons why SEPE may intervene and remove the benefit of a person over 52 years of age. Such as not submitting the annual income declaration (people who benefit from this benefit are obliged to do so), exceeding a minimum income, not renewing the job application every 90 days through the official channels of the SEPE and finally also There will be a cancellation in case the beneficiary decides to go to work outside Spain.
