Better farm unemployment benefits for day laborers in Andalusia and Extremadura

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1. The bill would replace the current farm subsidy and the farm income benefit with a new agricultural unemployment subsidy for seasonal farm workers in Andalusia and Extremadura. A first application would only require 30 days of contributions in the 24 months before unemployment, and later applications would need no minimum period.
2. The new subsidy would be tied to the minimum wage: it would start at 50% for workers with 0 to 9 days worked and reach 75% with 170 or more days contributed in the previous year.
3. The Social Security registration system would change: employers would have to register seasonal farm workers before the workday starts, removing the current rule that allowed registration until noon on that day.
4. The bill would define who counts as a farm employer and what counts as farm work, making clear that workers supplied by temp agencies or service companies do not count. Farm cooperatives could organize work crews and lend them to their members.
5. The bill would extend means-tested unemployment protection to farm workers over 52, and current recipients of the farm subsidy and the farm income benefit would move into the new special subsidy.
6. To fight off-the-books work, standards would be set to estimate expected workdays based on each workplace's output, and the Government would strengthen labor inspection with specialized teams for the farm sector.

Who it affects

• Seasonal farm workers in Andalusia and Extremadura, who would get a new subsidy with easier access requirements and an amount tied to the minimum wage.: new subsidy with easier requirements
• Farm workers over 52, who would gain means-tested unemployment protection.: extended protection
• Farm companies and farm employers, who would have to register workers before the workday starts and face more inspection.: more duties and inspection
• Farm cooperatives and agricultural transformation societies, which could organize work crews and lend them to members.: new ability to organize work crews
• Temp agencies and service companies in the farm sector, whose supplied workers would be excluded from the special farm system.: exclusion from the special system

Words worth knowing

Peonadas

Days of farm work performed and contributed to Social Security, used to qualify for benefits.

SETACA

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

Renta agraria

Current benefit for seasonal farm workers in Andalusia and Extremadura that the bill would replace with the new subsidy.

Economía sumergida

Off-the-books work that is not declared or paid into Social Security, for example when the employer does not register the worker.

ETT

Temp agency (empresa de trabajo temporal): a company that hires workers and supplies them to other companies.

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