Requirements, regulatory base, amount and limits.

Requirements

• Affiliated to Social Security and currently inscribed or have a situation assimilated to inscription.
• Have paid contributions for a minimum period of 360 days during the previous six years prior to becoming legally unemployed or from the date that the obligation to pay contributions ended.
• Be legally unemployed, show evidence of availability to actively seek employment and to accept a suitable placement by signing the activity agreement referred to in Article 3 of Law 3/2023 of 28 February, the Employment Act.
• To have not reached the standard age of entitlement to a retirement pension.
• Be registered as a job seeker with the relevant Public Employment Service

An activity agreementis understood to be the documented agreement by which rights and obligations are established between the applicant for public employment services and the corresponding Public Employment Service in order to increase the employability of the applicant, attending, where appropriate, to the needs of priority groups.

A suitable placement is understood to be a placement in the profession requested by the worker, in accordance with his or her training, professional characteristics, previous experience or work interests, and also that which corresponds to his or her usual profession or any other that matches his or her physical and training aptitudes.

In the latter two cases, in addition, the offer must involve a salary equivalent to that established in the sector in which the job is offered.

The placement offered must be indefinite and with a salary, in no case, lower than the minimum interprofessional wage.

Within the framework of the voluntarily accepted activity agreement, an appropriate placement shall also be that which is agreed within the insertion pathway, including fixed-term placement for the replacement of a worker with the right to job reservation, provided that the name of the person replaced and the reason for the replacement are specified in the contract, and that it is a part-time placement. It is only in this context that a placement in a location other than the worker's place of residence is appropriate.

Regulatory Base

Average of the unemployment contribution basis for the last 180 working days, not counting payment for working overtime.

Amount

• 70% of the Base Pension for the first 180 days.
• 60% of the Base Pension for the rest of the benefit payment period.
  

Limits

• Minimum:

  • No children: 80% of the monthly Public Income Indicator with Multiple Effects (IPREM) in force at the time when the entitlement comes into effect, increased by one  sixth (560.00 euros/month for benefits starting in 2023).
  • With children: 107% of the monthly IPREM in force at the time when the entitlement comes into effect, increased by one sixth (749 euros/month for benefits starting in 2023).

• Maximum:

  • No children: 175% of the monthly IPREM in force at the time when the entitlement comes into effect, increased by one sixth (1225 euros/month for benefits starting in 2023).
  • With one child: 200% of the monthly IPREM in force at the time when the entitlement comes into effect, increased by one sixth (1400 euros/month for benefits starting in 2023).
  • With two or more children: 225% of the monthly IPREM in force at the time when the entitlement comes into effect, increased by one sixth (1575 euros/month for benefits starting in 2023).

In the case of unemployment due to the loss of a part-time job, the maximum and minimum limit of the benefit will be calculated by applying the percentage equivalent to the actual hours worked in a part-time day divided by the company's normal working day to the established minimum and maximum limits.