Social Security

To be considered an effective contribution period of a certain length during the period of leave that workers take to care for each biological child, foster child or family member and the increase in contributions in certain cases where the working day is reduced to care for a minor or disabled person.

Each child born or adopted or fostered in the circumstances provided by permanent family foster care or pre/adoption, even if they are temporary.

Other family members, up to the 2nd degree of consanguinity, who for reasons of age, accident, illness or disability cannot take care of themselves and do not have paid employment.

• All workers employed by other persons
• Self-employed workers in the Special Schemes for Sea Workers Self-Employed Workers are excluded.

More information on beneficiaries

Taking a leave of absence as in Article 46.3 of the Worker's Statute and reducing the workday to care for a minor or a person with disabilities as in article 37.5 of the Statute.

For the purposes of benefits for retirement, permanent disability, death and survival, maternity and paternity, the period of leave considered to be an "effective contribution" will serve to: 

• Certify the minimum effective contribution periods; determine the regulatory base and applicable percentage where appropriate; maintain the right to Social Security health care.
• During this time, the beneficiaries will be considered to be affiliated.

The period during which the worker remains on leave that exceeds the period considered to be effective contribution will be considered a situation assimilated to affiliation in order to access benefits (except for TD , maternity and paternity).

More information on effects

The first two years of leave that workers take off to care for each child or foster child.. For large families, the effective contribution period is extended to:

• 30 months, if in the general category.
• 36 months, if in the special category.

The first year of the period of leave taken by workers to care for other family members.

If the whole year is not taken off, the actual time taken off will be calculated as a contribution period.

The calculation of a new effective contribution period for leave of absence will be initiated for every successive child.

The increase in contributions when the workday is reduced to care for a minor or a person with disabilities.

More information on contributions

Companies should report the start and finish of the leave of absence with job retention to the Treasury General of the Social Security within 15 days.

The right to acknowledgement of this benefit is not prescribed and it can therefore be challenged at any time, which could give rise to, as the case may be, the revision of the amount of benefits already acknowledged, as well as new benefits that were denied previously because they were not calculated.

No application form exists.

All that needs to be done is to claim the corresponding contribution period when it is necessary to justify its origin.

At the RED System or at any Administrative Office of the Treasury General of the Social Security.

The acknowledgement of the contributions is the responsibility of the Treasury General of the Social Security.

Reduction in company contributions.

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