What is the Social Security System?

The Social Security System is a set of Regimes through which the State guarantees the personsincluded in their field of application, due to the fact they carry out a professional activity or fulfil the requirements demanded in the non-contributive modality, as well as the family members or assimilated persons they have in their charge, suitable protection in the contingencies and situations defined by the law.

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Field of Application

Regardless of gender, marital status or profession and for the purposes of the benefits in the contributive modality, all Spanish people who reside in Spain, and foreigners who reside or are legally in Spain, are included in the Social Security's field of application, 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 Regime  and Special Regimes

Within the  General Regime  of the Social Security, there are also  Special Collective Systems  with peculiarities in matters of affiliation and contribution:

The Special System of fruit, vegetables and the vegetable preserve industry
Special System for Resin Industry
Special System for extraordinary hostelry services
Special System for handling and packaging fresh tomato, carried out by harvester/exporters
Special System of intermittent permanent employees in cinema, dance halls, night-clubs and discotheques
Special System of intermittent permanent employees in market research and public opinion

The Social Security System also includes the following Special Regimes.

Currently they are:

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