Extra unemployment benefit for people who ran out of benefits

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1. It creates an extraordinary unemployment benefit for people who used up their unemployment benefits and have no income. The program lasts six months from August 16, 2009, and can be collected only once.
2. People under 65 who used up their contributory benefit or unemployment subsidy can collect it, if they have no income above 75 % of the minimum wage and are registered as job seekers. The application must be filed within 60 days after the benefits run out.
3. The benefit is paid monthly and equals 80 % of the Public Indicator of Multiple Effects Income (IPREM). It lasts at most 180 days and does not include Social Security contributions, though health care coverage is kept.
4. To collect it, people must take part in an active employment insertion plan defined by the public employment services and meet the obligations of the activity commitment.
5. The State Public Employment Service manages the approval, suspension and ending of the benefit. It cannot be combined with social wages, minimum income schemes or similar social assistance.
6. The benefit is funded with €345,000,000.00 from the State Public Employment Service budget. People who used up their benefits since January 1, 2009 can also join, by applying within 60 days after the law takes effect.

Who it affects

• Unemployed people under 65: They can apply for the benefit if they used up unemployment benefits, have no income and commit to an insertion plan.
• State Public Employment Service (Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal): It informs potential applicants, decides on applications and pays the benefit.
• Public employment services of the autonomous communities: They define and manage the employment insertion plans and report any failures to comply.
• Social Institute of the Navy (Instituto Social de la Marina): It issues the decisions for workers coming from the sea sector.

Words worth knowing

Prestación contributiva

The main unemployment benefit, paid to those who previously paid Social Security contributions.

Subsidio por desempleo

A smaller unemployment payment for people who no longer receive the contributory benefit or do not qualify for it.

Indicador Público de Renta de Efectos Múltiples (IPREM)

A reference amount the Spanish State uses to calculate benefits and aid.

Itinerario activo de inserción laboral

A plan of actions (training, guidance, etc.) that an unemployed person must follow to find work.

Compromiso de actividad

A document signed by the unemployed person promising to actively look for work and take part in employment actions.

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