Included People
This Special System shall include as domestic employees all workers, whatever their sex and marital status, who meet the following requirements:
- Over 16 years of age.
- They exclusively render domestic services for one or more heads of household, or a group of people that, although not a family, live together as a family in the same house.
- These services are rendered at the house where the head of household and the other persons who make up the household reside.
- They receive a wage or compensation of whatever type for this service.
Spanish domestic employees who reside abroad, at the service of State diplomatic and consular representatives and civil servants, officially posted outside of Spain, may apply for inclusion within this Special Regime, which shall be granted as long as they fulfil the remaining requirements.
Excluded People
- Relatives of the head of household by blood or affinity up to the second degree, except for female relatives of celibate priests who live with them.
- Legally or de facto adopted or foster children.
- Persons who render friendly, benevolent, or good-neighbourly services.
- Motor vehicles drivers at the service of private persons, and persons rendering gardening and childcare services when such activities do not form a part of the set of domestic tasks.
From 1 January 2012, workers included in the Special Scheme for Domestic Employees have been included in the General Scheme, through the creation of the Special System for Domestic Employees.
This inclusion affects both workers who provide services permanently for one head of household, and so called "intermittent" workers who work for several heads of household.
Inclusion in the Special System is structured around the existence of a head of household, who must have a Contribution Account Code, to which the head of household must assign the person who provides them services as an employee.