Social Security General Regime

Affiliation applications must be filed prior to the start of the rendering of services by the worker, but in no case more than sixty calendar days prior to the expected starting date thereof.

In the exceptional cases in which said starting date cannot be anticipated, should the preceding day or days be non-working, or the rendering of services start at similarly non-working hours, they must be submitted, prior to the start of the rendering of services, by telegram, fax, or any other electronic, computer, or telematic means.

ARTISTS

The affiliation, termination of affiliation, and data change notices are performed in accordance with the specifications for the General Regime.

BULLFIGHTING PROFESSIONALS

Census of active bullfighting professionals

Within the first fifteen days of January of each year, bullfighting professionals must make a declaration to the Provincial Directorate of the General Social Security Treasury or Administration, of their continued professional practice during the bullfighting season corresponding to that year, in order to be included in the Census of Active Bullfighting Professionals.

Inclusion in the Active Census and remaining in it will exempt companies from the obligation to notify the registration and deregistration of bullfighting professionals for each show in which they participate. Consequently, in this group there are no successive registrations and deregistrations, and therefore no obligation to present form TA-2/S (form for successive registrations and deregistrations). However, they must notify any changes in their identification data (address, etc.) for the purposes of updating the Register of Assets.

The permanence in professional practice will be recognised when the bullfighting professional accredits, by any means of proof, and especially by means of the submission of supporting documents of performances, having participated in at least eight bullfighting shows during the previous year to which the declaration of permanence refers.

The accreditation of permanence and the corresponding inclusion in the Census of Assets will lead to the declarant being considered in a situation of registration, for all purposes, during the calendar year.

In the case of bullfighting professionals who are starting their professional activity, or who have not participated in eight shows during the previous year, inclusion in the Census will take effect from the day of their first performance.

When the declaration of permanence is made after the fifteenth of January of each year, the inclusion in the Census of Assets shall only take effect from the same day on which the first performance of the bullfighting professional takes place.

Failure to declare the bullfighting professional before the fifteenth of January of each year will result in the automatic deregistration of the bullfighting professional, with effect from the first of January of that year.

Permanent discontinuous workers in market research and public opinion companies

Applications for the registration and deregistration of permanent discontinuous workers corresponding to the start or definitive termination of their employment relationship with the company shall be submitted by the employer, in accordance with the common rules established in the Social Security General Scheme. The same approach should be followed with respect to data changes.

In addition to these obligations, employers shall submit, within the first ten days of each month, a nominal list of their permanent seasonal workers, indicating the days on which they have worked during the previous month and the total number of days worked in that month.

Permanent discontinuous workers in cinemas, dance halls, nightclubs and discos

Companies shall submit, during the first five calendar days of each month, a registration report, which shall contain the following data:

Nominal list of workers covered by the scope of application.
Fixed working days each week during this period.

The registration of workers who join after the monthly report has been communicated, and the deregistration and variations of workers, shall be governed by the common rules of the General Scheme .

Handling and packaging of fresh tomatoes by exporting harvesters.

The Professional Associations of Fruit and Horticultural Products shall process the registration and deregistration of workers that they receive from employers, in order to notify the Provincial Directorate of the Social Security General Treasury or Administration.

Employers shall inform their employees of their sick leave at the end of the respective campaigns, irrespective of any sick leave they may have communicated during the course of the campaigns.

In the same way, they must also provide the corresponding sick leave when the workers, while remaining in the service of the same employer, go to work in a season other than the one in which they were registered.

Extraordinary hospitality services

In terms of affiliation, registration and deregistration, the same rules apply as for the General Scheme.

Resin industry

The special feature of this Special System is that successive registrations and deregistrations within the campaign are not subject to notification.

Fruit, vegetables and canned vegetable industry

• Registrations and deregistrations at the start and end of the campaign
  
  The employer must report registrations and deregistrations at the start and end of the campaign, within a maximum period of five calendar days from the start or end of the work, by means of a document referring to all the workers affected.
  Registrations at the start of the tax year may be submitted by computer, electronic or telematic means (RED System). This does not apply to successive registrations and deregistrations within the campaign, nor to definitive deregistrations.


• Successive campaign registrations and deregistrations
  
  Successive registrations and deregistrations between the registration at the beginning of the campaign and the deregistration at the end of the campaign must be communicated by the employer before the end of the following month in which they occur, by means of a document referring to all the workers affected.

Intermittent-permanent workers employed by cinemas, dance-halls, night-clubs, and discotheques

The companies shall file, during the first five calendar days of each month, an affiliation report, which shall contain the following data:

Name list of the workers included within the field of application.
Fixed working days each week during said period.

The affiliation of those workers who become incorporated subsequent to the submission of the monthly report, as well as the workers' terminations of affiliation and changes, shall be governed by the General Regime common rules.

Fresh tomatoes handling and packing, performed by exporter-harvesters

The Fruit and Vegetable Products Professional Associations shall process the workers' affiliations and terminations of affiliation they receive from the employers, in order to notify the Provincial Office of the Treasury General of the Social Security or its Offices.

Employers shall process their workers' terminations of affiliation at the end of the respective seasons, regardless of those they have notified during the season itself.

Likewise, they must grant the corresponding terminations of affiliation when, albeit at the service of the same employer, workers go on to work in a different campaign than the one which produced their affiliation.

Extraordinary hotel industry services

The rules governing affiliations and terminations of affiliation shall be same as in the General Regime.

Resin Industry

This Special Regime's specificity lies in the fact that successive affiliations and terminations of affiliation within the season shall not be subject to notification.

Fruit, Vegetables and Canned Vegetable Industry

• Affiliations and terminations of affiliation at the start and end of the season
  
  The affiliations and terminations of affiliation at the start and end of the season must be notified by the employer, within a maximum period of five calendar days from the start or termination of work, by means of a document referring to all the affected workers.
  Affiliations at the start of the season may be filed through computer, electronic, or telematic means (ON-LINE Automatic Data Transfer System). This, however, shall not be valid for the successive affiliations and terminations of affiliation within the season, nor for definitive termination of affiliation.



• Affiliations and terminations of affiliation in successive seasons
  
  The successive affiliations and terminations of affiliation between affiliation at the start of the season and final termination of affiliation must be notified by the employer, prior to the end of the month following the one in which they take place, by means of a document referring to all the affected workers.

Periods of professional activity

Applications for registration and deregistration in agricultural companies must be submitted prior to the start of the worker's services, but in no case more than 60 calendar days prior to the planned start date of the work activity.
If 'temporary' or 'permanent' workers are recruited on the day on which the services are provided, the registration may be submitted before the end of that day if it has not been possible to formalise it beforehand. If the working day ends before midnight, the registration must be submitted before that time.

Periods of inactivity

Inclusion, exclusion, reincorporation

The worker may voluntarily apply for inclusion in the Special System for agricultural workers during periods of inactivity in order to pay Social Security contributions for the purpose of obtaining coverage for common contingencies protected under this special system. These contingencies are:

• Birth and childcare.
• Permanent disability due to common disease and non-work-related injury.
• Death and survival resulting from common disease and non-work-related injury
• Retirement.
  

The requirements for inclusion are as follows:

• Proof of 30 actual working days in the 365 days prior to the date of application.
• Apply for inclusion within three calendar months of the day on which the last actual working day took place.
  

Once inclusion has been formalised, in the cases provided for by law, the worker may be excluded from this Special System, either voluntarily or ex officio by the Social Security General Treasury, in the following cases:

• When the worker does not work at least 30 actual working days in a continuous period of 365 days, calculated from the day following the end of the previous period.
• For non-payment of fees corresponding to periods of inactivity for two consecutive monthly payments.
• At the end of the receipt of contributory and non-contributory unemployment benefits.

However, the worker will be reincorporated into this special system when they begin to receive contributory and non-contributory unemployment benefits. This reincorporation shall be carried out ex officio by the Social Security General Treasury. Apart from this circumstance, having been excluded from this special system, the worker may apply for reincorporation on a voluntary basis, having accredited the legally required conditions.

Application for inclusion, exclusion, reincorporation

The application for inclusion, exclusion and reincorporation can be made through the Social Security e-Office, accessing the service "Inclusion/exclusion/reincorporation in the Special Agrarian System. Inactivity"

Contribution

Information on the contribution during registration in this special system as a result of inclusion or reincorporation can be consulted in the section Contribution / Collection of Workers / Bases and rates 2024 / Special system for agricultural workers during periods of inactivity.

Other services of interest

• Direct debit from a bank account

Through this service you may apply for a bank transfer for Social Security payments from the financial institution of your choice or change the bank account.

• Consultation of issued receipts

This service allows agricultural employees in periods of inactivity to consult the monthly settlement receipts detailing the information relating to Social Security contributions.

• Undue Payment Return general scheme and similar

• • Through the Social Security e-Office, it is possible to request, via the Electronic Register, the full or partial return of the payments made in error according to the terms and scenarios set out in the regulations for the General Scheme and Similar Schemes. To access this service, a digital certificate, electronic ID or Cl@ve Permanente is required.

• • Through IMPORTASS, service "Consultation of payments and debts", selecting the category "Refund of income from special regimes and systems", if you do not have the means of identification indicated above.

• Monitoring and consultation of the status of applications. Provide documentation

• • With regard to applications made through the Electronic Register services of the Social Security e-Office, if you need to consult their processing status, provide new documentation related to them or if you need to respond to a request addressed to you by the Social Security, you can access the Electronic Registerchannels.

• • Regarding the applications you have made through IMPORTASS, you can check their status or complete them through the services available for this purpose indicated at the bottom of the home screen of the Social Security General Treasury Portal.

For general information queries related to agricultural workers in periods of inactivity, you can use the channels listed in the "We help you" section of the Social Security e-Office.

Finally, general information on this special system is available on the following route Workers / Affiliation / Schemes: Who are part of them? / Social Security General Scheme / Special Schemes

The self-employed worker registration application form will be submitted before the start of the employment contract in accordance with the rules set out in the General Social Security Scheme, and the employer or head of the family is responsible for presenting it.

The application form may be presented in person to the Provincial or Administrative Offices of the Social Security Treasury General or, if you have a digital certificate, the form should be submitted using the new services for Registration, deregistration and changes in data of workers in the Special Scheme for Domestic Employees, in the e-Office.