Minister of Participation, Social Security and Immigration, Apple SaizHe announced that from January the State will integrate some of the contribution gaps that domestic workers may have in order to ensure a better retirement. Given the nature of the activity, highly biased intermittent careers inhibit contributions to the Social Security fund by these workers, the vast majority of whom are women. This causes their pensions to decrease when they reach retirement age.
The new minister proposed as one of his first measures to correct this inequality with gender discrimination, as he told employers and unions at a meeting in Madrid on Monday.
The social protection of this group of workers (a total of 372,087 people are on Social Security, according to the latest data from November) has been improved recently. Since last year, employees have been required to contribute to unemployment benefits in order to receive unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs. A right that has been vetoed to them until now.
He also announced that he would fulfill a commitment inherited from his predecessor. José Luis Escrivaand this will allow for private agreements, so interns They can pay Social Security contributions they haven’t made in the last five years, thus increasing their contributions to the common fund and becoming eligible for unemployment benefits or future retirement benefits.
Saiz highlighted among his ministry’s priorities in the current legislative period the reform of the conditions for access to partial retirement, which was a pending file in the previous pension reform. In the short term, both employers and unions are seeking a one-year extension on the current format. aid contract for the manufacturing industry. This period will expire on January 1 and the Government must decide whether to renew it in the last two remaining Cabinet meetings by the end of the year.