2024-09-24 19:23:21
Wednesday, September 24, 2024, 9:23 pm.
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The reform of the subsidies of the Civil Service will be partially effective on November 1 and will bring important new features. Beyond the increase in the subsidy amount for disability benefits and the introduction of Work Support Matching (effective already in April 2025), Royal Decree-Law 2/2024 introduces small changes, but which must still be taken into account by recipients who has the power to ask for help.
It should be noted that most of the rules and guidelines to access this help remain in force, although there are some important nuances to consider that change. And if they don’t know them, they can jeopardize access to income designed for unemployed people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits.
The new Royal Act includes the elimination of the waiting month to be able to apply for the aid when the contribution benefit has ended. In this way, the Ministry of Labor aims to “avoid gaps in the area of the most vulnerable groups.” The recognition period is also reduced to one quarter, while it is now one semester.
What should applicants be careful with? Until November 1, it is still necessary to wait for the current waiting month between the end of the unemployment payment and the request for assistance or corresponding assistance. As explained by SEPE itself, we must apply for the aid “at the end of the month of registration as a job seeker or after a month has passed since the contribution benefit ended.” The date that will be before the date of the last payment of the benefit.
This is where you have to be careful. The maximum time to claim it is “fifteen business days” from that date. So, if a potential recipient misses that waiting month that expires in November, they will have lost the option to apply for assistance when the deadline expires.
The new reform envisages increasing the amount of subsidies. They will increase to 95% of IPREM during the first six months (570 euros per month in 2024); 90% in the next six months (540 euros per month) and is currently at 80% for the rest of the period that the benefit lasts. There is one exception: that of assistance for those over 52 years of age. It is 480 euros (80% of IPREM), because SEPE will continue to contribute to Social Security for its recipients 125% of the minimum contribution base with respect to the Small Interprofessional Fund
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