To apply for this contributory benefit it is necessary to meet certain requirements but while you receive it you must also comply with certain obligations
When you lose a job temporarily or permanently, you have the option of collecting unemployment benefits. This contributory benefit grants financial aid to those who are unemployed and meet a series of requirements and a prior contribution. But it is not only necessary to comply with these conditions, the State Public Employment Service considers it a serious offense if you do not apply for a job offer.
Unemployment beneficiaries are all those who have worked and contributed to unemployment for at least 360 days within the 6 years prior to the legal situation of unemployment or the moment in which the obligation to contribute ceased. Although those who do not meet these contribution minimums are entitled to an unemployment subsidy if they have worked for less than a year. It is also necessary that they do not reach retirement age. These are requirements regarding your employment situation that are essential to receive the contributory benefit. However, there are others that cannot be forgotten while you receive unemployment because their non-compliance can take away this aid.
Some of them refer to simple paperwork that you must keep in order such as your job application that you must renew in order not to lose unemployment. An important requirement is to be available to actively seek employment and to accept a suitable placement. This request includes the activity commitment. For this reason, if you do not appear for a job offer or do not participate in social collaboration work without a justifiable cause, you can be sanctioned for a serious infraction according to the following scale established by the SEPE:
– 1st offense: loss of three months of benefit.
– 2nd offense: loss of six months of benefit.
– 3rd infraction: termination of the benefit.
This scale will be applied from the first infraction, regardless of the type of infraction, when no more than 365 days have elapsed between a serious infraction and the previous one. Thus, the reason for the infraction does not always have to be a refusal of an offer, but it can be another of those classified as serious, such as refusing to participate in social collaboration work or in employment programs. It is also a serious offense when the loss of benefits is not communicated at the time situations arise that give rise to the suspension or termination of the right to the benefit, or if the necessary requirements to receive the benefit are no longer met.
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