He State Public Employment Service provides a large number of aids to unemployed people who have exhausted unemployment benefits and among them is the subsidy for those over 52, which is intended for people over this age who are outside the labour market. This benefit of SEPE It has an indefinite character and will only end if the worker gets a job and his retirement date arrives. Below we tell you everything you need to know about one of the best-known aids in the world. Social security.
He grant for people over 52 is one of the flagship aids of the SEPE which is intended for people who have exhausted their contributory unemployment pension. Once this aid has been exhausted, for some years now, people over 52 can apply for this subsidy, which is a helping hand for people approaching retirement age. They can receive it until they find work or reach retirement age.
One of the main conditions for being able to benefit from the subsidy for people over 52 is to have contributed for at least 15 years throughout their life. professional life and two of them must date from the last 15 years preceding the application. Another condition to take into account is also to have paid unemployment benefits for six years. “Contributions paid in other countries are only taken into account to benefit from this subsidy if they were paid in countries belonging to the European Economic Area or with which there is an agreement for the totalization of periods of protection against unemployment”, specifies Social Security.
Grant conditions for those over 52
These are the essential requirements to which the following are added:
- 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.
If you meet these conditions, you will almost certainly be able to access this grant for people over 52, which has an indefinite duration. Regarding the amount, the aid is equivalent to 80% of the IPREM: 480 hours. Those who receive this grant will contribute to the Social security in order not to lose retirement rights and on this subject, Social Security specifies on its official website that: “The management entity (State Public Employment Service or Social Institute of the Navy) will pay the Social Security contributions corresponding to the retirement. The retirement contribution base will be 125% of the minimum contribution ceiling in force at a given time.
Revolution in government subsidies
Aid for those over 52 will not be affected by the revolution that will take place on November 1st in terms of unemployment compensation. Council of Ministers Last May, he approved a new package of measures that will come into force in the coming months and in which a good number of benefits that will be included in the subsidy for exhaustion of the contributory benefit will be eliminated.
So, according to what was established in his time at Royal Decree Law 2/2024Those over 52 are excluded from this new package of measures and there will be no change in the amount of aid. From November 1st, those receiving Social Security benefits will receive 570 euros (95% of IPREM) for the first six months, 540 (90% of IPREM) for the remaining six months and now the 480 euros that are charged today. This amount will be the amount that those over 52 will continue to receive until they find work… or reach retirement age.
