The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, has announced this afternoon changes in the way of recovering unpaid internships. Finally, The current contribution base will not be applied but rather the one from the year in which they were made.which will result in a reduction in the amount payable Until now, it stood at 290 euros for each month recovered. The Secretary of State for Social Security and Pensions, Borja Suárez, was in charge of conveying this to the employers’ association and the unions during the social dialogue meeting in the afternoon.
They have also joined Other changesas the expansion of the possibility of splitting payments up to a maximum of five yearsso that if two years are redeemed they can be paid in five. The period is also extended redemption period for those who, according to the 2011 regulation, have already recovered two years, with which They may add another five full years. Finally, the term of office is extended to three and a half years. Time window open for subscription of the agreement, with the proposal that the agreement with Social Security can be signed until 31 December 2027to make it easier for interested parties to access it.
The Ministry has proposed the improvement of these four aspects after the Minister of Inclusion, Elma Saiz, met last week with more than a dozen representatives of scientific associationsthe group most affected by this rule. “After a week of meetings, we have decided to relax the conditions,” said the minister regarding the order published on May 1 in the Official State Gazette (BOE) that generated opposition especially in the scientific community due to the high cost which meant that workers had to recover the years of unpaid internships.
The Ministry has also recalled that the special agreement quotas are deductible expenses in personal income tax. Inclusion considers that the possibility of regularizing up to five years “is an opportunity and an exceptional procedure” so that former students and more senior researchers can add years of contributions to be able to access a pension or increase its amount. It is exceptional because it allows you to recover a right that did not exist when they carried out these practices and which is now in force, since unpaid training internships have been included in the system since January, with more than 600,000 interns already included in the system.
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