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Covid 19 Ertes Extended Till 31.1.2021

Automated translation of an article from the Moncloa website. We will add more details after reading the publication in the State Gazette and the SEPE website, when necessary. Link to relevant info SEPE for employees. Link to relevant info SEPE ...

Covid 19 Benefits For Autonomos Extended Till 31.1.2021

Automated translation of an article from the Moncloa website, we’ll add more details from the publication in the State Gazette when necessary. Aid for self-employed workers is extended until January 31, 2021, specifically the benefits for ...

Autonomos Societarios And Tarifa Plana

A recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Spain now allows ‘autonomos societarios’ that form part of an SL or SA, to make use of the Tarifa Plana (discounted start-up programme for new Autonomos), something denied to them before. Many ...

Caixabank Commissions As From 1.10.2020

Info from FACUA-Consumer Organisation. Caixabank has announced that as of October 1 it will begin to apply a commission of 60 euros per quarter to its checking accounts, although it has indicated that it will apply reductions to said amount base...

Sepe And Pay Back Erte Or Paro In Instalments

When you’ve received undue unemployment benefits and have received a notification about the reimbursement, you can apply for repayment in instalments, within 30 days. INFO SEPE WEBSITE INFORMATIVE ARTICLE in Spanish ...

Covid 19 And Jobseeker Registration Renewal

Most Autonomous Employment Agencies renew the jobseeker registrations ‘demandante de empleo’ automatically, many till the 31st of December so that visits to the offices can be avoided (for those without electronic ID). Keeping this r...

New Law Regulating 'remote Working' And 'teleworking'

The government has approved a new law to regulate ‘Trabajo a distancia’ of which ‘teletrabajo’ is a sub-category. The difference: “Trabajo a distancia/Remote working” or Telecommuting is a broader concept. It ...

Erte And Sick Leave/sick Pay

Info from SEPE for different cases. First one when already on sick leave when employer arranges for an ERTE and the second one for situations where there is an ERTE in place and an employee falls ill. LINK TO SEPE WEBSITE Translation of 2nd exam...

Will Residents In Spain Continue To Use Uk Bank Account’s Next Year?

Some UK bank account holders will already have received notification from their UK banks advising of probable changes in the future. The UK banks are depending on an agreement as an alternative to the passporting regime between the EEA/EU and t...

Victim Of Okupas / Squatters What You Can Do

Based on an article on the Moncloa website. The Secretary of State for Security of the Ministry of the Interior has drawn up a protocol for action against illegal occupations of buildings for the National Police and the Civil Guard that standard...