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IMPORTANT:<\/strong> This article analyzes the requirements and amounts of unemployment benefits and subsidies related to ERTE in accordance with the regulatory and administrative framework in effect at the time of its publication. Currently, any issue related to ERTE, contributory unemployment benefits, subsidies, contract suspensions, or reduced work hours<\/strong> must be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, using the most up-to-date information from the SEPE<\/strong><\/a>, and Article 47 of the Workers\u2019 Statute<\/strong><\/a>, and Article 47-bis of the Workers\u2019 Statute<\/strong><\/a>, Article 267 of the General Social Security Law<\/strong><\/a> and the regulations in force at the time of the proceedings. <\/em><\/p>\n\n

This post provides, for informational and historical purposes, an overview of the eligibility requirements and benefit amounts for unemployment benefits and subsidies related to temporary layoff programs. Its content should be read in the context of the regulatory framework in effect at the time of publication and the amounts applicable during that period. <\/p>\n\n

Workers affected by a Temporary Employment Regulation File, or more commonly known by its acronym ERTE, are entitled to their corresponding unemployment protection.<\/p>\n\n

Eligibility Requirements for Receiving Benefits in the Event of Suspension of an Employment Contract Due to an ERTE<\/h2>\n\n

To access this benefit, the following requirements must be met:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Be officially unemployed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Register as a job seeker and maintain that registration while receiving benefits. You must also comply with the activity requirement included in the application. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. To be eligible for contributory unemployment benefits, you must have worked and made unemployment insurance contributions for at least 360 days within the six years prior to becoming legally unemployed, and you must not have used the contributions from that period to claim a previous benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. You may be eligible for unemployment benefits if you have made contributions for less than 360 days, provided that your income does not exceed 75% of the current minimum wage, excluding the proportional share of two special payments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Not having reached the normal retirement age, unless their contract has been suspended or their daily work hours have been reduced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Not engaging in self-employment or full-time employment with an employer, unless such activity is permitted under an employment promotion program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Not receiving a Social Security pension is incompatible with working.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Of course, in the event of a suspension of the contract, such suspension must be agreed upon in the applicable procedure, be temporary, and be due to economic, technical, organizational, or production-related reasons, or force majeure.<\/p>\n\n

    In the event of a reduction in working hours, this must have temporarily decreased by between 10 and 70 percent, with an analogous reduction in salary, be agreed upon in the corresponding procedure, and be caused by economic, technical, organizational, or production reasons.<\/p>\n\n

    Amount of the benefit in the event of suspension of the employment contract due to an ERTE<\/h2>\n\n

    Workers affected by a Temporary Layoff Program (ERTE) are entitled\u2014as we have mentioned\u2014to the corresponding unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n\n

    The daily amount of the contributory unemployment benefit depends on the contribution base, which is calculated based on the occupational contingencies for the last 180 days for which contributions were made.<\/p>\n\n

    The amount of unemployment benefits, in the event of a suspension of the employment contract, will be:<\/p>\n\n

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    1. During the first 180 days, 70% of the taxable base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. From day 181 until the end of the benefit period, the applicable percentage is calculated based on the same regulatory basis, in accordance with the regulations in effect at any given time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

      In any case, these benefits have minimum and maximum amounts set by the SEPE for 2020. Accordingly, affected workers should take the following amounts into account: <\/p>\n\n