Bill proposes better pay protection for living organ donors

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1. The bill would make sick leave for donating organs or tissue for transplant a special situation of temporary incapacity due to common contingencies. It would cover the days of medical preparation for surgery and those from hospital admission until discharge after recovery.
2. For this donation leave, no prior contribution period would be required and the benefit would be one hundred percent of the calculating base. The subsidy would be paid from the first day of leave by the managing entity.
3. It would create a paid leave for the time needed for preparatory steps for donation, such as medical reports, exams and giving consent, as long as they happen during working hours.
4. The same rules would extend to groups with their own systems: staff of the Administration of Justice, the Armed Forces, civil servants of the State and maritime-fishing workers. In the first three cases, the mutual society subsidy would be one hundred percent of complementary pay from the applicable month of leave.
5. Within two years, the Government must send the Cortes Generales (Spanish Parliament) a report evaluating the law's effects and the possible extension of its scope. The law would take effect on the first business day of the third month after its publication in the official gazette.

Who it affects

• Employees and self-employed workers who donate an organ or tissue while alive: They would get special leave with a one hundred percent benefit and no minimum contribution period.
• Public employees and civil servants (Administration of Justice, Armed Forces, State civil servants): They would have the same special temporary incapacity situation and paid leave for preparatory steps.
• Maritime-fishing sector workers: The special temporary incapacity situations for common contingencies would apply to them.
• Employers: They would have to grant paid leave for the preparatory steps for donation.

Words worth knowing

Incapacidad temporal (temporary incapacity)

A situation where a person cannot work due to illness or accident and receives a benefit while on leave.

Contingencias comunes (common contingencies)

Causes of leave not related to work, such as common illness or a non-work accident.

Base reguladora (calculating base)

The reference amount used to calculate how much a benefit pays.

Cotización (social security contributions)

Money that workers and employers pay into Social Security to qualify for benefits.

Permiso retribuido (paid leave)

A legally allowed absence from work with pay, as if the person had worked.

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