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Factsheet for measure ES-2020-14/639 – measures in Spain
Country | Spain , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 31 March 2020 – 21 July 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Income protection beyond short-time work
– Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Author | Carlos Molina (UAB) |
Measure added | 15 April 2020 (updated 01 December 2020) |
A group particularly affected by the current situation and that may not be covered by income protection schemes are those workers whose temporary contract ends after the declaration of the alarm state. Although in Royal Decree-Law 9/2020 measures were established so that, in the event of suspension of contracts, the computation of temporary contracts is interrupted, this provision does not totally prevent the termination of temporary contracts after the declaration of the state of alarm that are not covered by the system established for unemployed people for having been affected by the suspension or reduction of working hours established in articles 22 and 23 of Royal Decree-Law 8/2020.
Beneficiaries of the exceptional unemployment subsidy due to the end of a temporary contract will be workers who have had a fixed-term contract expired for at least two months, after the entry into force of Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, declaring the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19, and they will not have the necessary contribution to access another benefit or subsidy if they lack income under the terms established in article 275 of the consolidated text of the General Law on Social Security, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 8/2015, of October 30.
This subsidy will be granted to the workers affected, in the terms referred to in the previous paragraph, for the termination of a fixed-term contract, including interim, training and relief contracts, and that meet the rest of the requirements provided in this article.
The exceptional subsidy consists of a monthly aid of 80% of the Public Multiple Effects Income Indicator (IPREM) in force and its payment. For 2020, the amount of the subsidy will accordingly be €430.27.
This extraordinary unemployment benefit will be incompatible with the receipt of any minimum income, inclusion income, social salary or similar aid granted by any Public Administration.
No data available at the moment.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Workers in non-standard forms of employment
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Does not apply to businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Consulted | Consulted |
Form | Direct consultation outside a formal body | Direct consultation outside a formal body |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
Social partners were consulted during the design of the measure, but not in the implementation or the design of the measure.
Social partners were consulted, or at least informed in advance, about the measure to be adopted. Both trade unions and employer organisations were supportive of this policy.
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Eurofound (2020), Exceptional unemployment benefit for employees with temporary contracts, measure ES-2020-14/639 (measures in Spain), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/ES-2020-14_639.html
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