new regulation Social Security equalize at the level priceThis is how part-time employees’ working lives with full-time employees come into effect October. The reform comes after the courts recognized the discrimination that part-time workers still face. And it will have a particular positive impact among women, because women are the group where most of the work is concentrated. part time. This article details the main changes and new features of the standard.
What changes are coming into effect?
A ruling this October royal decree 2/2023 This improves the conditions of part-time workers, that is, people who are not registered for the entire working day and only work a few days a week or a few hours a day. The legal innovation introduced by this royal decree is the establishment of equality between full-time and part-time workers in terms of contributions and benefits.
And the courts have repeatedly expressed their views and condemned the practice, so far, of calculating less contribution time for those who do not work full-time. From October 1st Each day that a worker is enrolled in Social Security is considered a premium day, regardless of whether that employee worked one hour or eight hours.
This will allow many workers to retire earlier as their contribution period will increase. The change is very important because, for example, until now a person who contributed 50% of their working day for 20 years would receive 15 years in charity. Now they will count it as 20 years.
What benefits does it affect?
The regulation amendment preserves by law the specified days for the stated purposes. pension. And since 2019, by decision Constitutional Court, Social Security already counted part-time hours as full time for retirement purposes. However, this has now been established by law and all periods during which a person worked part-time will be counted as if they worked full-time when calculating their future pension.
This could significantly increase the pension amount for people who have not yet retired, but only from tomorrow. Also advance the age at which the employee can retire, as more contribution periods will be calculated if the employee works part-time.
Another innovation is the change in the calculation of benefits for child birth. temporary disability permanent or permanent or in case of death and separation from pension widowhood. In these cases, any benefits claimed after January 1 must be calculated as if the employee had always been working full-time, which will increase the amount collected.
What happens to the days already quoted?
Social Security must now interpret all days worked as full-time, regardless of whether they were worked before or after the reform took effect. Although only for the purpose of providing new benefits and not for those already appointed.
Who benefits from the changes?
In Spain currently total 2.8 million people Part-time contract workers. And the real beneficiaries of the reform are womenbecause they occupy 70% of part-time jobs.
Are there any retroactive effects?
Not for the purposes of benefits currently provided. In other words, a person who is retired today and works part-time for part of his working life does not have the right to go to SSI and request an increase in his pension. Neither does someone who is actively working and has received assistance, for example, for the birth of a child. However, if someone retires tomorrow, new coefficients will be applied and the pension can increase significantly.