The Ministry of Social Security will “imminently” approve a special termination benefit for self-employed workers affected by DANA, sources in Elma Saiz’s department explain. The extraordinary aid for “self-employed unemployment” will not require a “waiting period”, that is to say the usual minimum contribution of twelve months to benefit from this social protection.
The aid will be approved soon as part of a broader set of government measures to deal with the disaster, including those related to work, such as the right to telework and paid leave, announced by Yolanda Díaz’s team .
“Self-employed workers can request termination benefits from their mutual insurance company,” specifies the Ministry of Social Security.
This extraordinary aid in the event of a disaster will allow victims to benefit from compensation for cessation of activity “without a waiting period, that is to say even if they do not have the minimum period required to be entitled to it , which is normally twelve years.” month.”
The amount of the advantage will be “70% of the regulatory base”, they add. This reference is similar to the contribution base, hence the importance of the amount contributed to Social Security, since the benefits and social protection received then depend on this amount.
This will not consume the right to dismissal in the future
Furthermore, “the days of compensation consumed are not counted for future situations (counter at zero) and, moreover, this period is counted as rated”, they explain from the Elma Saiz department.
These two exceptional elements (deficiency and zero counter) have already been deployed during the cessation of activity due to the La Palma volcano disaster, underline these sources, to extend the right to aid to self-employed workers.
As they informed the ministry, “the mutual societies will also strengthen the dissemination of procedures for requesting cessation of activity, with the aim of transmitting this information to the self-employed workers concerned in the area”.
Social Security reminds that independent employers can also request the application of an ERTE for force majeure to the SEPE to suspend their staff. “With a 100% exemption from social contributions for companies and workers,” indicates the ministry.
“Some Social Security offices have suffered serious damage from DANA. We ask for the greatest caution to guarantee the safety of people and workers”, they indicate from the Saiz department, which indicates two telephone numbers to reinforce telephone attention: INSS: 91 542 11 76 and Treasury: 91 541 02 91. In addition to the new website for services and the IMPORTASS application.
