He Ministry of Labor and Social Economy announced at the beginning of November that the number of unemployed registered in public employment offices in Spain There were a total of 2,602,054 people. This represents an income of 1.04% compared to the previous month. In other words, in just 30 days, 26,769 people registered on the unemployment lists in our country. A large part of this number of people will be entitled to unemployment benefits if they meet the necessary conditions regarding unemployment. price during their professional life.
Unemployment benefit is an economic protection offered by Social security to people who “can and want to work, lose their job temporarily or permanently, or see their working hours reduced by at least a third, with the corresponding loss or reduction of salary for one of the causes established as situations laws on unemployment. This reads the Social security on the allowance, which is the first aid that the unemployed receive and which should not be confused with the subsidy, which is the payment they receive once this allowance has been exhausted.
Workers wishing to receive unemployment benefits Spain They must meet a series of conditions: be registered and unemployed, have contributed twelve months (360 days) over the last six years, in addition to not having reached the age to access the ordinary pension and not be affected by an incompatibility.
Concerning the unemployment rate, this is calculated according to the average of the unemployment bases. price of the last 180 days worked. In this way, during the first 180 days of unemployment, 70% of the regulatory base will be received and from the 181st it will be reduced to 60%, data which has recently changed since from this date, half of the regulatory basis.
The duration of unemployment according to the years
The duration of the service unemployment This can range from 120 days of unemployment for people who have contributed between 360 and 539 days, up to a maximum of 720 days (two years) for people who, during the last years of their working life, have contributed a total of 2,160 days.
Subsidy for insufficient contributions
People who do not respect price be able to access unemployment Spain They can benefit from the subsidy for insufficient contributions, which is assistance offered to people who do not reach 360 days of contributions and who have done so for at least 90 days.
“You will be able to benefit from this subsidy if you are a legally unemployed person without having contributed for at least 360 days to be entitled to contributory compensation, provided you have contributed for at least 90 days”, we read on the Social Security website. People benefiting from one or more part-time contracts will also be able to access this aid “provided that the sum of the days worked in said contracts is less than a full day and that you meet the rest of the conditions”.
Thus, the main requirements to be able to access the grant insufficient contributions are as follows:
- Be completely unemployed or work part-time. If you have several part-time jobs, the sum of the days worked must be less than a full day.
- Have worked at least 90 days.
The duration of this subsidy will depend on the days previously contributed, ranging from three months to 21 months. Regarding the amount, beneficiaries will receive a larger amount after the entry into force on November 1 of the new subsidy package approved last May.
They will therefore bill 95% of the IPREM during the first 180 days, 90% from 181 to 360 and 80% from 361. All this depending on the conditions of each beneficiary regarding the granting of this subsidy intended to offer assistance to people who do not have right to unemployment and who do not fall into a situation of social vulnerability. The amounts and duration may also vary depending on the family responsibilities of unemployed people who have not contributed sufficiently to access a contributory benefit.
