EXPLAINED: What you need to know about ERTE and autonomos during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Spain has pressed the screws in its coronavirus block, risking a new knees already.

The structure sector was the most difficult through a “list of essential workers”, which in a Draconian Swoop has been reduced through 40 key to 25.

Effective since Monday, the new list requires that aerospace workers stay home, as well as cleaners and domestic staff who aren’t caring for children or the vulnerable.

The essential personnel now also requires that you send a certificate to be legitimate.

However, this series of updated measures, published in the official Bulein (newspaper), still leaves many questions unanswered about benefits and remuneration.

Here, we take a look at some of them:

A fee regulatory file (ERTE) is a special registry that allows corporations to temporarily dismiss or decrease the hours, while allowing them to claim unemployment benefits.

This is a positive step for the economy and staff because their contracts are terminated but simply “suspend. “

During the first six months, they are entitled to 70% of their fundamental salary and 50% of the seventh month.

This is calculated from an average of the last 180 days and closes food and transport prices.  

Companies can add to the 70% when and if they are able to, and if hours are cut normal wages will be paid for the percentage of the day they work.

To qualify for unemployment benefits, an employee will have to have:

* 360 days worked in the six years

* Reduced its hours between 10% and 60%

This means that a reduced hour salary added to all benefits can generally a maximum of 85% of the past salary with a minimum of € 501. 98 and a maximum of € 1411 depending on the dependent, etc.

An ERTE application can be made for a company’s entire workforce or only part of it.

The number of those who pass under one ERTE are at least 760,000, but can succeed at two million until 2021, according to the Daniel Lacalle right -wing economist.

Erte will be controlled through the employer and the SEPE, the Spanish organization that deals with the advantages.

The company is obliged to tell the staff about your request ERTE and then you will have to send a request.

Supporting evidence must be provided to explain why coronavirus has damaged business activity and SEPE will confirm the claim within five days.

Companies do not have to pay Social Security for furlough staff and only have to pay a proportional amount to the WHO that has reduced their hours.

Once you have informed work and taken the necessary precautions, you should be entitled to 75% of your base salary during the time you are off.

This will be paid through social security and can be supplemented through the employer up to the full amount.

Since 2019, all self -employed personnel, or autonomous, has been to request the unemployment of the autonomous.

To claim this unemployment benefit, you will have to have worked as your own worker for 12 months, be registered and up to date with social security payments.

But following the existing crisis, the central has presented a package of unprecedented measures for independent workers.

VAT (VAT), corporate tax and the individual source of income tax can now be deferred for the first time for business homeowners whose turnover has not exceeded €6 million in 2019.

It has also approved a benefit for those whose business ceased trading or where turnover has fallen by 75%.

It is believed that regional governments have separated thousands of millions for companies (SME) from self -size and medium -sized, the Junta de Andalucia, which has set 600 million euros.

The Government has this week also agreed a measure to suspend Social Security payments for the self-employed.

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