Special Agreement for individuals with a disability who have particular difficulties as regards employability (R.D. 156/2013 of 1 March)

In order to subscribe to this special agreement, the following requirements must be met:

• Have reached the age of 18 and have not reached the legal age for ordinary retirement.
• Be legally resident in Spain and have been so for five years, two of which must have been immediately prior to the date of the application for the special agreement.
• Have a recognised disability that implies special difficulties in finding employment. Considered as such are:

• • People with cerebral palsy, mental illness or intellectual disability, with a recognised degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%.
  • People with a physical or sensory disability with a recognised degree of disability equal to or greater than 65%.

• Not be registered or in a situation assimilated to that of being registered in any of the schemes of the Social Security system, or in any other public social protection scheme.
• Be registered with the public employment services as an unemployed jobseeker for a minimum period of six months immediately prior to the date of the application for the special agreement.
• Not be in receipt of a retirement or permanent disability pension, in its contributory form, or a non-contributory retirement pension, or receiving equivalent pensions under any other public social protection scheme.
• Having a Social Security Number.

It is not necessary to prove a previous period of social security contributions.

The application for registration of this special agreement can be submitted at any time, through the means indicated in the section "Registration, deregistration or variation of data of the special agreement" in the section "Procedures and formalities of special agreements".

The special agreement shall terminate for the same reasons as the ordinary special agreement.