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Benefit for Risk During Pregnancy

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Benefit for Risk During Pregnancy

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Purpose:

The economic benefit is intended to cover the loss of income that occurs, during a period of suspension of the work contract due to risk during pregnancy, if the worker is required to change her job or activity for another that is compatible with her condition  and this is technically or objectively impossible or cannot be required for justifiable reasons.

Recipients/Requirements:

Workers who are employed by another person or are self-employed whose work contract has been suspended or who are interrupting their professional activities because of risk during pregnancy, and who fulfil these requirements:

  • Are registered with the Social Security and affiliated.
  • Are up-to-date with the payment of the contributions that they are directly responsible for.

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Amount:

An award equivalent to 100% of the corresponding regulating base  which is the base for benefits given for TD  stemming from professional contingencies.

When making the payment, the amounts for Social Security contributions and IRPF withholdings will be deducted.

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Duration/Termination:

 

 

 

The entitlement to the benefit comes into effect on the day of suspension of the employment contract or authorised leave due to risk during pregnancy. The benefit will be paid for the time required to safeguard the health of the pregnant worker and/or unborn child and will end on the day before the start of maternity leave or returning to work.

The entitlement expires for:

  • Female Employees, due to: employment contract suspension for maternity leave; returning to her previous job or to another that is compatible with her condition; termination of the employment contract for legal reasons; abortion of the pregnancy; death.
  • Self-Employed Workers: due to: starting maternity leave; returning to her professional activity; terminating her affiliation to the Social Security Special Scheme; abortion of the pregnancy; death.

Cancellation / Suspension:
  • Acting fraudulently in order to obtain or keep a benefit.
  • Carrying out any work or activity, whether as an employee or self-employed worker, except in cases of multiple activity.
Forms:

Application form.

Documentation:

The documents  needed to prove identity and the circumstances that determine the right.

Where it is to be processed:
The application and documentation should be handed in at any of the Social Security Support and Information Centres of the Managing Body or, where appropriate, at the Mutual Society for WRI and OD.
Competent entity:

The processing and payment of the benefit is the responsibility of the Provincial Directorate of the Managing Body (INSS or ISM),  where the interested party resides, or the Mutual Society for WRI and OD , depending on the Body that covers the occupational risks.

Periods:

The Provincial Director of the Managing Body in the province where the interested party resides will issue an expressdecision and notify the interested party within 30 days.

The entitlement to the benefit expires 5 years from the day after the date of the triggering event, notwithstanding the fact that the effects came into force within the 3 months prior to the application date .

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