THE Social security It is one of the main public bodies in Spain and has a significant number of aids for citizens, depending on each person’s situation. Among the remarkable services, there is one for the birth and care of the minor, trying to collaborate with a push towards the recent parents so that they have access to a salary beyond the working period. Through a message, the SS contacts the chosen people who meet the requirements and can start the process.
One of the many problems you encounter Spain This is a decline in the birth rate that endangers the long-term situation of the country. In the coming years, the so-called generation of baby boom (those born between 1958 and 1975) will reach retirement age to double the number of retirees, which condemns the country to a high birth rate to sustain the retirement system in the future. This seems unrealizable today in view of the data published by the National Institute of Statistics referring to 2023.
Last year, historic records were broken as 322,075 births were recorded over the 12 months, the lowest figure since 1941. Additionally, in 2023 there were 6,629 fewer births than in 2022, or 2% less than in the same period of the previous year. . In the only autonomous communities where positive data was provided regarding the birth rate, Community of Madridin which it increased by 2.7% and Extremadura, with 0.6% more. For their part, the largest declines were recorded in the autonomous cities of Melilla (-19.4%) and Ceuta (-11.8%), as well as in Castilla-La Mancha (-10.5%) .
These data are more than worrying and therefore Government They have been working for years to achieve the birth rate goal. One of the measures is to stimulate parents with financial assistance and a work-life balance so that they can afford the “luxury” of being able to have a child in the Spain of 2024 marked by precariousness of jobs, galloping food inflation and a rising housing market due to the inaction of the government of Pedro Sanchez.
List of people chosen to benefit from Social Security assistance
One of the featured aids modified by the Government These are benefits for the birth and care of the minor. Logically, the citizens who appear on the list of this aid from the Social security These are Spaniards who have had a child and who can benefit from an allowance for the duration of their work “leave” after the birth. This rule was stipulated at the time in the Official State Gazette inside the Royal Decree Law 6/2019of March 1, urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities between women and men in employment and profession.
“This service allows you to request the Birth and Care of a Minor allowance, to benefit from the corresponding work rest period, birth, adoption, custody for the purposes of adoption and permanent or temporary placement. ” This is how he defines on his website the Social security This aid will be eligible for “employees or self-employed workers, regardless of their gender, as long as they are registered or assimilated to registration” and can demonstrate minimum contribution periods.
Thus, the Spaniards who wish to appear on this Social Security list and who have received a message in recent weeks will be those who meet these conditions. The first and essential among them is to be registered or affiliated with the Social security at the time of the report. People wishing to access the birth or childcare allowance must also meet minimum contribution conditions which will be as follows:
- For those under 26: 180 days of contributions or 90 over the last seven years.
- From age 26: 360 days of contributions throughout your working life and 180 during the last seven years.
- Those under 21 will not have to meet any contribution conditions.
Concerning the duration of the minor’s birth and care allowance, it will be up to 16 weeks six being “compulsory, uninterrupted and to be enjoyed full-time immediately after childbirth” and 10 which can be exercised full-time or part-time. The amount will correspond to 100% of the regulatory base and the person responsible for making the payment will be the National Institute of Social Security (INSS).
