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What it is

Unemployment and Social Security for public and union officials

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 17 March 2005.

Official title: Private member's bill regarding the inclusion in the general Social Security system and the extension of unemployment protection to certain public and union officials.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000142· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The law includes in the General Social Security Regime members of local corporations and other local bodies with exclusive or partial dedication, and union leadership positions with exclusive or partial dedication who receive pay.
  2. It extends unemployment protection to those positions and also to senior public administration officials who are not civil servants. Involuntary and definitive loss of the position, or involuntary and definitive loss of exclusive or partial dedication while keeping the position, counts as a legal unemployment situation.
  3. The people included and the institutions where they serve (local corporations, public administrations and unions) must contribute for unemployment, at the general rate set for fixed-term contracts.
  4. Within six months the Government must set rules to count the time council members with exclusive dedication served before 1985 without being able to contribute, so their retirement pension is granted or increased, after paying the corresponding cost. Contributions made before the law count toward unemployment benefits.

Who it affects

  • Members of local corporations, Juntas Generales de los Territorios Históricos Forales, Cabildos Insulares Canarios and Consejos Insulares Baleares, with exclusive or partial dedication.: They are included in the General Regime and can collect unemployment benefits if they leave their position involuntarily and definitively.
  • Union leadership positions with exclusive or partial dedication and pay.: They are included in the General Regime and covered for unemployment.
  • Senior officials of public administrations who are not civil servants, with exclusive dedication and pay.: They can collect unemployment benefits when leaving office, except those entitled to compensation for leaving.
  • Local corporations, public administrations and unions.: They must make unemployment contributions for these people, as employers do.

Words worth knowing

Contingencia de desempleo (unemployment contingency)
The situation covered by Social Security when someone loses their job and collects unemployment benefits.
Régimen General de la Seguridad Social (General Social Security Regime)
The Social Security system where regular employees are normally enrolled.
Situación legal de desempleo (legal unemployment situation)
The circumstances the law recognizes as giving the right to unemployment benefits.
Excedencia forzosa (forced leave)
A status in which a worker keeps the right to return to their job, for example while holding public office.
Capital-coste de pensión (pension capital cost)
The money that must be paid into Social Security to cover the cost of the pension being granted.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced17 March 2005Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted28 March 2005The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments20 October 2005Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee30 November 2005A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate6 June 2006The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE23 November 2006It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 14 official steps on a timeline
Mar 2005Jun 2005Sept 2005Dec 2005Mar 2006Jun 2006Sept 200611. 17 March 2005: Presentación22. 28 March 2005: Mesa del Congreso Requerimiento de antecedentes desde 28/03/2005 hasta 27/09/200533. 28 March 2005: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 28/03/2005 hasta 01/04/200544. 28 March 2005: Calificación55. 1 April 2005: Gobierno Contestación desde 01/04/2005 hasta 09/05/200566. 27 September 2005: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 27/09/2005 hasta 04/10/200577. 4 October 2005: Mesa del Congreso Acuerdo subsiguiente a la toma en consideración desde 04/10/2005 hasta 18/10/200588. 18 October 2005: Comisión de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Publicación desde 18/10/2005 hasta 20/10/200599. 20 October 2005: Comisión de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Enmiendas desde 20/10/2005 hasta 30/11/20051010. 30 November 2005: Comisión de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Informe desde 30/11/2005 hasta 04/04/20061111. 4 April 2006: Comisión de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Aprobación con competencia legislativa plena desde 04/04/2006 hasta 06/06/20061212. 6 June 2006: Senado desde 06/06/2006 hasta 18/10/20061313. 18 October 2006: Pleno Enmiendas o veto del Senado desde 18/10/2006 hasta 23/11/20061414. 23 November 2006: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 23/11/2006 hasta 09/01/2007

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 37/2006, of December 7, on the inclusion in the General Social Security System and the extension of unemployment protection to certain public and union officials

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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