Social Security

What is the Social Security System?

The Social Security System is a set of schemes through which the state guarantees the people included in their scope of application, due to carrying out a professional activity or meeting the requirements for the non-contributory level, as well as their dependent family members or assimilated family members, suitable protection for the contingencies and situations defined by the law.

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Field of Application

Regardless of gender, marital status or occupation and for the purposes of contributory benefits, all Spanish citizens who reside in Spain, and foreigners who reside or are in Spain legally, are included in the scope of application of the Social Security System, as long as, in both cases, they carry out their activity in the national territory and are included in one of the following sections:

• Workers employed by another person:
• Self-employed workers
• Working partners in associated work co-operatives.
• Students
• Civil Servants or Military Personnel.
  

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Composition of the Social Security System:

The Social Security System is made up of the General Scheme and the Special Schemes.

Within the General Scheme of the Social Security there are also groups included as Special Systems with special features in the area of affiliation and contributions:

Special System for Fruits, Vegetables and the Vegetable Canning Industry
Special System for the Resins Industry
Special System for Special Hotel Services
Special System for the Handling and Packing of Tomatoes, Performed by Exporter-Harvesters
Special System for Permanent-Intermittent Workers in Cinemas, Dance-Halls, Night-Clubs and Discoteques
Special System for Permanent-Intermittent Workers

Special Agricultural System

Special System for Domestic Employees

The Social Security System also includes the following Special Schemes.

Currently they are:

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