More unemployment aid, family benefits and workday tracking

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1. It improves the unemployment subsidy for people over 52: the entry age drops from 55, it lasts until ordinary retirement age, family income is no longer considered, and retirement contributions rise to 125 percent of the minimum base.
2. It raises the child benefit to 341 euros per year, or 588 euros per year for households in severe poverty, and sets minimum amounts for total permanent disability pensions for people under 60 during 2019.
3. It adapts social protection for maritime workers to the new birth and child care and shared infant care benefits, and cuts by 14.6 percent the contributions of farm workers during their inactive periods in 2019.
4. It creates rebates for turning temporary farm workers' contracts into permanent ones and for permanently hiring the long-term unemployed, with higher amounts for women. It also extends through 2019 the 50 percent rebate for seasonal permanent workers in tourism, retail and hospitality in February, March and November.
5. Companies must keep a daily record of each worker's working day, including the exact start and end times, and keep the records for four years available to workers and the Labor Inspectorate. Failing to do so becomes a social order offense.
6. The Government will set up a group of experts before June 30, 2019 to prepare a new Workers' Statute, the State Fund for the Integration of Immigrants gets 70 million euros for 2019, and the Youth Guarantee System is extended to people under 30.

Who it affects

• Unemployed people over 52: They can access the subsidy earlier, for longer, and with better contributions toward their future retirement pension.
• Families with dependent children and low income: They will receive a larger benefit, 341 or 588 euros per year depending on their situation.
• Companies and workers in farming, maritime work and tourism: They will get Social Security rebates if they convert contracts to permanent ones or keep activity in certain months.
• All workers and companies: Companies must record the daily start and end times of each employee's working day.
• Young people under 30: They can register in the Youth Guarantee System, which was previously limited based on the youth unemployment rate.

Words worth knowing

Subsidio por desempleo

A government payment for people who have exhausted unemployment benefits or do not qualify for the contributory benefit.

Fijo discontinuo

A worker with a permanent contract who only works during the seasons when the company has activity.

Bonificación

A discount on the Social Security contributions a company pays for its workers.

Incapacidad permanente total

A pension granted when a person cannot work in their usual profession for health reasons.

Registro de jornada

A daily record, kept by the company, of the exact time each worker starts and ends their workday.

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