Better social protection for part-time workers and other urgent measures

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1. It changes how Social Security contributions are counted for part-time workers to qualify for benefits. Days worked part-time are adjusted using a part-time coefficient, and the minimum contribution period required is proportional to that of a full-time worker.
2. To receive and keep unemployment benefits, applicants must register as job seekers and keep that registration for the whole benefit period. Leaving Spain for fewer than 15 calendar days a year does not affect payment, and stays of up to 90 days or moves abroad under 12 months for work or training can suspend the benefit if the managing body authorizes it in advance.
3. The rules on infractions and sanctions are updated: failing to keep the job seeker registration becomes a punishable infraction, and notices sent by electronic means are valid if the worker has previously given consent.
4. In procedures for transfers, changes to working conditions, contract suspensions, reduced hours and collective dismissals, the consultation with workers takes place in a single negotiating committee of up to 13 members per side, even if several workplaces are affected.
5. For collective dismissals, the grounds for nullity are clarified, and court rulings declaring a collective dismissal null can be enforced directly, without needing individual proceedings.
6. The maximum increase in the fees charged by Aena Aeropuertos is moderated between 2014 and 2018, with caps of 2.5% in 2014, 4.5% in 2015 and 5.5% in the following three years, and the deficit is recovered over five years.
7. Victims of the rail accident of July 24, 2013 and their relatives are entitled to comprehensive assistance, and RENFE-Operadora may advance money for the immediate financial needs of those entitled to compensation.
8. Subsidized housing loans transferred to SAREBSAREB Company that manages assets from restructured banks, such as loans and buildings. do not lose the state aid linked to them, and this applies retroactively from the moment of transfer.

Who it affects

• Part-time workers: The rules for counting contributions and qualifying for benefits such as retirement, disability, maternity or unemployment change.
• Unemployment benefit recipients: They must register as job seekers and keep that registration to receive and keep the benefit.
• Companies and worker representatives: Consultations on transfers, suspensions, reduced hours and collective dismissals take place in a single negotiating committee of up to 13 members.
• Airlines and travelers: The increase in the fees Aena charges airlines is moderated between 2014 and 2018.
• Holders of subsidized housing loans transferred to SAREB: They keep the state aid linked to those loans.

Words worth knowing

Coeficiente de parcialidad (part-time coefficient)

Percentage comparing the part-time worker's hours with those of a comparable full-time worker, used to count their contributed days.

Período de consultas (consultation period)

Time during which the company and worker representatives negotiate before measures such as a collective dismissal are adopted.

Despido colectivo (collective dismissal)

Termination of contracts affecting a significant number of workers for economic, technical, organizational or production reasons.

SAREB

Company that manages assets from restructured banks, such as loans and buildings.

Cánones ferroviarios (railway fees)

Charges railway companies pay for using tracks and rail infrastructure.

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