Extension of COVID-19 aid, loan deferrals and labor measures

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1. The farm labor flexibility measures of Royal Decree-Lawroyal decree-law A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses. 13/2020 are extended until September 30, 2020, to ensure enough workers for summer farm work.
2. The creation of a consortium of the central government and the Regional Government of Andalusia is authorized to promote the IFMIF-DONES fusion science facility in Granada.
3. Telecom companies must let customers split or defer, for six months and with no late interest or guarantees, phone bills issued from the start of the state of alarm through June 30, 2020. Number portability, suspended during the state of alarm, is restored.
4. Spain authorizes guarantees of up to €2,252,890,750 to take part in the European SURE instrument, which will lend money to countries hit hard by COVID-19 unemployment.
5. A special regime is created for loan deferrals agreed between banks and customers under sector-wide agreements: it can cover any kind of loan, cannot raise the interest rate or impose new products or guarantees, and speeds up notarization with simplified paperwork and online channels.
6. Health and social-health workers who catch the coronavirus on the job will have the illness recognized as a workplace accident.
7. Foreign young people aged 18 to 21 hired in farm work under Royal Decree-Law 13/2020 can obtain, once that law ends, a residence and work permit valid for two years, renewable for two more, for any type of work.
8. Companies that have not yet approved their annual accounts under the exceptional COVID-19 deadlines may file their corporate income taxincome tax The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings. return using the accounts available, and file a second return later. The period for preparing the accounts runs from June 1, 2020.

Who it affects

• Seasonal farm workers and farm businesses: Farm labor flexibility measures are extended until September 30, 2020.
• Phone customers: They can split or defer telecom bills for six months with no interest or guarantees.
• People with bank loans: They can join conventional loan deferrals with limited conditions and faster paperwork.
• Health and social-health workers: Workplace coronavirus infection counts as a workplace accident.
• Foreign young people hired in farm work: They can get a two-year, renewable residence and work permit.

Words worth knowing

Moratoria (deferral)

A temporary pause on loan payments, during which payments are not due and, in some cases, no interest accrues.

Aval (guarantee)

A commitment by the State to pay if the borrower does not repay the money.

Portabilidad (number portability)

The right to keep the same phone number when switching providers.

Accidente de trabajo (workplace accident)

An injury or illness caused by work; it gives access to better benefits than an ordinary illness.

Silencio administrativo (administrative silence)

If the administration does not answer in time, the request is deemed granted (or denied, depending on the case).

royal decree-law

A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

decree-law

A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

income tax

The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings.

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