New pension supplement for children plus social and economic measures

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1. Replaces the maternity supplement with a supplement to reduce the gender gap in contributive retirement, permanent disability and widowhood pensions. Women with children receive it, and men who show their contribution record was hurt by childcare can also get it.
2. Extends the same supplement to pensions under the State's Clases Pasivas regime, with rules very similar to those in Article 1.
3. Sets the supplement amount for 2021 at 27 euros per month per child, capped at four times that amount, paid in fourteen payments along with the pension.
4. Improves the minimum vital income: it can now go to people living in privately funded residential facilities, removes the cap on recipients per home, and recognizes special situations such as gender violencegender violence Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman. victims, evictions, homeless people or unrelated cohabitants. It also creates the figure of minimum vital income social mediators.
5. Allows retired health workers to return to work while keeping their pension, and treats COVID-19 sick leaves of health and social health personnel as an occupational disease, including medical inspection and Maritime Health staff.
6. Extends until March 30, 2021 the deadline to request payment deferrals on mortgage and non-mortgage loans, and sets a maximum accumulated duration of nine months for these deferrals, except those granted before September 30, 2020, which keep their original conditions.

Who it affects

• Pensioners with children: Women with children receiving a contributive retirement, permanent disability or widowhood pension can get a supplement per child.
• Fathers who are pensioners: Fathers who show their contribution record was hurt by childcare can also apply for the supplement.
• Minimum vital income beneficiaries: People in vulnerable situations who were previously excluded from the minimum vital income, such as those in private residences, homeless people or those in shared homes.
• Health and social health personnel: Retired health workers can return to work while keeping their pension, and those who catch COVID-19 on the job get the same benefits as for an occupational disease.
• Mortgage debtors and self-employed workers: Families and self-employed workers with loans can request deferrals until March 30, 2021, with a nine-month accumulated maximum.

Words worth knowing

Brecha de género (gender gap)

Difference between men and women, here in pension amounts: women receive less on average.

Pensión contributiva (contributive pension)

A pension received because the person previously paid Social Security contributions through work.

Ingreso mínimo vital (minimum vital income)

A non-contributive benefit guaranteeing a minimum income to families and people in vulnerable situations.

Moratoria (deferral)

A temporary postponement or suspension of debt payments, such as a mortgage.

Clases Pasivas (State pension regime)

The pension regime of former civil servants, separate from the general Social Security system.

gender violence

Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman.

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