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  • Unemployment subsidy for people over 52 years old
  • Unemployment subsidy for loss of job
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Unemployment subsidy for loss of job

Definition

This subsidy is for people who have lost their job involuntarily, have an income of less than 75% the National Minimum Wage and have paid contributions from 180 to 359 days or have paid contributions from 90 to 179 days and have family responsibilities.

Requisites

• Registration as a jobseeker (How do I register?).
• Duly completed unemployment benefit application form (available from the Work Office).
• Identification of the applicant, spouse and dependant descendants who feature on the application by means of valid originals of the following documentation:
  • For Spanish citizens: National Identity Document (DNI).
  • For foreign citizens resident in Spain: foreigner’s identity card or identity document from their country of origin, if from the EU, the European Economic Area or Switzerland.
• Official family record book or equivalent document for foreign citizens.
• Certificate of disability and proven degree of the descendants who live with or are dependant on you, issued by the INSS, IMSERSO or competent body (where appropriate).
• Legal ruling or document certifying foster care with proof of consent by the public institution responsible in each region for the protection of minors and date upon which foster care became effective.
• Ruling and/or settlement in the event of separation or divorce.
• If necessary, proof of income obtained in the month preceding the application by the applicant, spouse and descendants.
• Identification of descendants who do not reside in Spain and evidence of their employment situation.
• Form E302. Certification from the Spanish consulate or embassy in the country of residence, or certification from the body with jurisdiction in that country over the employment situation of the descendants.
• Evidence of the situation of legal unemployment because of:
  • Termination of work relations:
    • Company certificate/s, signed and stamped by the company or companies in which you have worked in the last 180 days.
    • Administrative or legal act of conciliation, or legal ruling.
    • Ruling of option for compensation, in the event of appeal against dismissal.
  • Victim of domestic or gender violence: Legal Protection Order or report from the public prosecutors that indicates signs of subjection to violence.
• (others ... to be completed)

Presentation of applications

15 working days subsequent to the last day upon which entitlement was acquired (Sundays and public holidays and holidays excluded).

Place

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

Duration of the benefit

The duration of the subsidy varies depending on the quoted time and the family responsibilities.

Amount received

80% of IPREM (the reference indicator for determining social benefits).