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Contributory unemployment benefit

Definition

This benefit is for people who have lost their job involuntarily and who have made Social Security contributions for a period of over 360 days.

Requisites

Registration as a jobseeker (How do I register?).
The completed application for benefit. The document is available at your Work Office or on the web page. Include information regarding the declaration on dependant children and income, bank account details, the jobseeker’s agreement, and authorisation of the request for information from AEAT (The Tax Office).
Identification of the applicant:

For Spanish Citizens: National Identity Document (DNI), driving license, passport.
For foreign citizens resident in Spain: foreigner’s identity card or identification document from the country of origin if from the EU, the European Economic Area or Switzerland.

Official family record book or equivalent for foreign citizens who declare dependant children.
Company certificate/s of the companies in which you have worked in the last 6 months.

Presentation of applications

15 working days subsequent to the last day worked (Sundays and public holidays excluded).

Place

At your Work Office from 8:15 to 13:30 h.

Duration of the benefit

Period of employment	Duration of the benefit
From 360 to 539 days	120 days
From 540 to 719 days	180 days
From 720 to 899 days	240 days
From 900 to 1.079 days	300 days
From 1.080 to 1.259 days	360 days
From 1.260 to 1.439 days	420 days
From 1.440 to 1.619 days	480 days
From 1.620 to 1.799 days	540 days
From 1.800 to 1.979 days	600 days
From 1.980 to 2.159 days	660 days
From 2.160 days	720 days

Amount received

The unemployment benefit you receive is calculated on the basis of the worker’s regulatory base. The regulatory base will be the average of the base rates for work-related accidents and illness, excluding payment for overtime, for which the company has made Social Security contributions for the worker in the 180 days prior to the date of legal unemployment or the moment at which the obligation to contribute ended.

The amount received will be:

For the initial 180 days: 70% of the regulatory base.
From day 181: 60% of the regulatory base.

Click here for the program that calculates unemployment benefit amounts.

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