The Government has openly admitted that decision to delay the entry into force of the obligation to contribute for all trainee students succumbing to pressure from universities and companies. It is embodied in this way State official bulletin It contains the royal decree issued by the BOE this Thursday on emergency measures that group them from new work permits in family law to extensions of working time. transport cards or reducing VAT from staple foods.
Initially, the contribution obligation for students doing both paid and unpaid internships was scheduled for October 1, 2023. However, the Council of Ministers decided to amend the said commitment and postpone its entry into force. January 1, 2024. As university rectors have demanded for some time ( CRUE) and lobbies such as the University Business Foundations Network.
The executive openly admits that its decision stems from pressure from those who will have to bear the increased cost that this new measure will entail. And in practice, the student’s recipient organization will be the one who undertakes a minimum of the contributions, since 95 to 97% is subsidized by Social Security. Estimated cost per student approx. 10 euros per month, on average. The measure is expected to affect around one million students.
“There is unforeseen situation According to the BOE, these are the ones that assume the Social Security obligations stipulated in the new regulations, which are unpredictable and that a significant part of the companies, institutions or organizations where educational practices are carried out, contracts or cooperation agreements with universities that regulate the said practices.
When the contribution of all students in the practices is closed within the framework of the agreement reached with the Administrator, the Administrator speaks of “an unforeseen situation” and “urgency”. CCOO And UGT The Agreement for pension reform was signed on May 15, and three days before the agreement was formally signed, CRUE issued a statement that said: “It is unrealistic to say that there is enough time to implement this model in 2024 and that this will cause serious harm to the student. states that the course takes place in the first year of high school”.
The facilities expressed their strong rejection of the delay on one of the points of the agreement, describing it as follows: “an inexplicable submission to pressure from academic and educational authorities those who systematically oppose these new rights granted to the youngest, ignoring the rights granted to the youngest in our country”.
History of failed attempts
For whatever reason, contributing during the internship of all students is a subject that has been postponed in recent years. This was a commitment already made by Pedro Sánchez’s previous government. Magdalena Valerio He was the Minister of Labour. Then it froze due to election progress. Then, already at the coalition stage, it became one of the points closed in the first pension contract of the summer of 2021.
It was promised that it would come into force in the 2021-2022 academic year, but it did not happen. Finally, it is reflected again in the last pension contract, which will not take effect as planned and has been postponed to January 1, 2024. It comes out of the polls on July 23 at the expense of which government and decides what to do with this new obligation. .