The Secretary of State for Social Security and Pensions, Borja Suárez, estimated the number of potential beneficiaries who could benefit from the benefits at almost 420,000. ERTE due to force majeure and cessation of activity following the flooding caused by DANA. The package of measures supported yesterday by the Council of Ministers provides for several positions to support businesses, self-employed workers and staff with enhanced social contributions and coverage for the slowdown in activity.
During a press conference after the meeting of the crisis committee that deals with the effects of DANA, Suárez indicated that the potential number of workers who could join an ERTE because they live or work in a municipality affected by the floods amount to more than 350,000 people, while the self-employed who could potentially request the cessation of activity would number almost 70,000. A third of the people concerned are concentrated exclusively at “point zero”.
However, Suárez indicated that the ministry cannot yet quantify the number of workers who have benefited from an ERTE due to force majeure, since Social Security must wait for the Employment Department of the Valencian Community to inform the Directorate general work of the authorization or not of the ERTE. Large factories like Ford in Almussafes are preparing an ERTE due to force majeure due to the impact of DANA.
The same thing happens with the cessation of activity requested by self-employed workers from mutual societies that collaborate with Social Security, for which there is no official figure at the moment, although Suárez assures that the ministry knows that They started asking for them. these last few days.
Although he does not yet have official figures, the Secretary of State pledged that the ministry will monitor “daily” the number of ERTEs and the number of workers affected by these floods.
All Social Security measures
Those mentioned ERTE They exempt companies from paying social security contributions and cover part of workers’ salaries. He cessation of activity of self-employed peoplewhich will provide them with assistance amounting to 70% of the regulatory base and will also exempt them from paying social security contributions.
Social Security will not take into account the period without activity of workers (employed or self-employed) for future benefits such as unemployment benefits. In exchange, the period will be covered in contributions to access, for example, the contributory retirement pension, which requires 15 years of contributions.
Creating a extraordinary temporary incapacity for physical or psychological damage caused by DANA, which guarantees 75% of the regulatory base from day one, as in the case of work accidents.
THE permanent disability, widow’s and orphan’s pensions They will also be considered as work accidents. This represents an increase in the amount and an improvement in the calculation, which will be carried out based on last year’s total income.
Vulnerable households will benefit from an improvement Minimum Vital Income (IMV) 15% for three months which can be extended depending on progress.
