Bill proposes new child pension supplement and pandemic relief

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1. The bill would replace the maternity supplement with a supplement to reduce the gender gap in pensions. Women receiving a pension would get it for each child, and men could also get it if they prove their contribution record was harmed by childcare.
2. The supplement would be set at 27 euros per month per child for 2021, paid in fourteen installments, and would only remain in force while the gender gap in retirement pensions is above 5%. Those already receiving the maternity supplement would keep it.
3. The bill would expand access to the minimum vital income: people living in privately funded residential facilities could receive it, the limit on recipients per home would be removed, and special cases such as registration in collective facilities, substandard housing or homelessness would be regulated.
4. It would create the figure of minimum vital income social mediators: third-sector social action organizations that, for five years, could certify certain situations to speed up access to the benefit.
5. Retired health professionals who voluntarily return to work during the state of alarm could combine their pension with paid work, and those who catch COVID-19 on the job would receive the same benefits as for an occupational disease.
6. The bill would extend until March 30, 2021 the deadline to request payment moratoriums on mortgage and non-mortgage debts, with a maximum cumulative duration of nine months. In addition, the Official Credit Institute could obtain credit ratings from the Bank of Spain for guaranteed companies, under a duty of confidentiality.

Who it affects

• Women pensioners with children, and fathers who prove their career was harmed by childcare: They could receive the new supplement for each child.
• People in situations of vulnerability or social exclusion: They would have more ways to access the minimum vital income.
• Self-employed workers taxed under the objective estimation method: It would be easier for them to prove their income dropped to receive the cessation-of-activity benefit.
• Health and social health care workers: Those rehired after retirement could combine pension and work, and those infected with COVID-19 at work would get occupational disease protection.
• Families and self-employed people with mortgage or non-mortgage loans: They would have more time to request payment moratoriums, with a nine-month cumulative maximum.

Words worth knowing

Brecha de género (gender gap)

The difference between men and women; here, the difference between the average pension of each.

Ingreso mínimo vital (minimum vital income)

A monthly Social Security payment for people and families with low income.

Moratoria (moratorium)

A temporary deferral or suspension of debt payments.

Estimación objetiva (objective estimation)

A tax method for some self-employed workers who pay based on set modules, not actual revenue.

Enfermedad profesional (occupational disease)

An illness caused by work, which entitles the worker to better Social Security benefits than a common illness.

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