Specifically, the exemptions to the fees paid by companies to Social Security will be reduced by 20 points.
The Spanish government has decided this Monday with the social agents to extend for one month, until March 31, the temporary employment regulation files (ERTE) associated with the pandemic, maintaining unemployment benefits for workers, but with a reduction in exemptions to the companies.
As reported by sources UGT and CCOOthe Spanish Government will approve in the Council of Ministers this Tuesday this transitory period until March 31, a period that will serve for companies to adapt to the new models of the labor reform.
In this month of transition, the covid ERTEs -under which some 100,000 people continue and whose scheme was declining on February 28- will maintain the conditions of protection for workers, but the exemptions to the fees paid by the companies will be lowered by 20 points. companies to Social Security.
Thus, they explain from CCOO, they go from 80% to 60% for companies where there are training plans, while where these plans are not developed they go from 40% to 20% if they have 10 or more workers and from 50% to 30% in the case of 10 or less workers.
The exoneration for force majeure ERTEs will be 90%.
Along with this, it has also been agreed to activate the RED protection mechanism for travel agenciesone of the most affected sectors with about 30% of its affiliates under an ERTE.
The Ministry of Inclusion will maintain the exemptions in the social contributions of the 110,000 freelancers that are currently charging the cessation of activity, with discounts that will be reduced from 90% in March, 75% in April, 50% in May and 25% in June.
Pepe Alvarez @SG_UGT endorses the extension of the ERTE and indicates that, in the transition to the new RED Mechanism “no one is going to be let down”
Also, for #UGT2022 “will be the year of rising wages”, especially in the Canary Islands.https://t.co/Za9Ux0uR4W
– UGT (@UGT_Comunica) February 21, 2022
CCOO positively values the extension of the ERTE until March 31https://t.co/S6xgsZQMd6
– WORKERS COMMISSIONS (@CCOO) February 21, 2022
Source: Eitb
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