Bill to improve farm unemployment benefits in Andalusia and Extremadura

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1. The bill would merge the current farm subsidy and the farm income scheme into a new agricultural unemployment subsidy for seasonal farm workers in Andalusia and Extremadura. First-time applicants would only need 30 days of contributions in the previous 24 months, instead of the current system of counted work days.
2. The new subsidy would be tied to the minimum wage: it would start at 50% of the minimum wage and rise with contributed work days, reaching 75% with 170 or more days per year.
3. The Social Security registration system would change: employers would have to register workers before the workday starts, removing the current rule that allows registration until noon on that day.
4. The bill would define who counts as a farm employer for Social Security purposes and would exclude from the special farm system workers supplied by temporary work agencies or service companies, to fight undeclared work.
5. Farm cooperatives could organize crews of farm workers and assign them to their members during harvest seasons.
6. The means-tested unemployment benefit for people over 52 would be extended to farm wage earners, and the Government would have to develop the new subsidy in a Royal Decree within three months.

Who it affects

• Seasonal farm workers in Andalusia and Extremadura: They would get a new unemployment subsidy with simpler day-count requirements and amounts tied to the minimum wage.
• Farm companies and landowners: They would have to register workers before the workday starts and face more labor inspection.
• Temporary work agencies and farm service companies: Their workers would be outside the special farm system.
• Farm cooperatives: They could organize worker crews and assign them to their members.
• Farm workers over 52: They would gain access to the means-tested unemployment benefit for that age group.

Words worth knowing

Peonadas

Counted days of farm work that are contributed to Social Security and currently required to get the subsidy.

SETACA

Special System for Salaried Agricultural Workers: the Social Security scheme where farm wage workers pay contributions.

SMI

Salario mínimo interprofesional: Spain's statutory minimum wage.

IPREM

A public income indicator used in Spain to calculate some benefits.

Economía sumergida

Undeclared work: jobs done off the books, without Social Security contributions.

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