Protective Aspects - Benefits

The benefits are a set of measures put in place by Social Security to anticipate, repair or overcome certain situations of misfortune or specific states of need, which usually result in a loss of income or an excess of expenses for the people who suffer them. Mostly financial, the benefits are as follows:

• Medical Assistance.
• Temporary disability.
• Risk during pregnancy.
• Risk during breastfeeding.       
• Nacimiento y cuidado de menor.
  
• Caring for minors affected by cancer or another serious illness. 
• Co-responsibility in infant care.
  
• Permanent disability.
• Non-disabling permanent injuries. 
• Retirement.
• Death and survival: 
  • Death grant.
  • Widow/Widower's Pension.
  • Temporary widow's/widower's benefit.
  • Orphan's pension.
  • Prestación de orfandad por violencia contra la mujer.
    
  • Pension for family members.
  • Grants for family members.
  • Special lump-sum compensation, in the event of employment accidents and occupational illness.
• Family benefits: 
  • Financial allocation per dependent child or fostered minor.
  • Economic benefit for the birth or adoption of a child, in cases of large families, single parent families and in the case of disabled mothers.
  • Financial benefit for multiple births or adoptions.
  • Non-financial benefit.
• Unemployment benefits (SEPE)
• Severance benefit for self-employed workers.
• Social Services (IMSERSO or competent organisations in the Autonomous Communities with devolved powers).
• Compulsory Old Age and Disability Insurance (SOVI) benefits:
  • Old-Age SOVI.
  • Invalidity SOVI.
  • Widowhood SOVI.
• School insurance benefits. 
• Minimum Vital Income