This is what you receive while on sick leave and what you contribute to Social Security
- elEconomista.es
When a company worker falls ill or suffers an accident, he has the right to continue to be paid even if he does not go to work, as long as he meets a series of requirements that are often easy to comply with.
Social Security explains on its website that in these situations workers can collect the temporary disability benefit , which is defined as "the daily subsidy that covers the loss of income of the worker caused by common illness or non-occupational accident, professional illness or accident of work and periods of observation for occupational disease".
All workers of the different Social Security schemes can receive this benefit, although provided they are registered (or similar situation) and that they prove 180 days of contributions in the last five years in cases of common illness. If the sick leave is due to an accident, work or not, or an occupational disease, no prior contribution is required.
The amount of this benefit also depends on the origin of the leave, in such a way that:
-If it is due to common illness or non-occupational accident , the amount will be 60% of the regulatory base from the fourth to the twentieth day, and 75% from the 21st.
-If it is due to professional illness or accident at work , the amount is 75% of the regulatory base from the start of the leave.
However, it is possible that the workers' collective agreements include clauses that extend the protection of workers in these situations of temporary incapacity.
As indicated by the Social Security, "in general" the payment of this benefit is made by the company as a delegated payment and with a frequency similar to that of wages, although in cases of common illness and non-occupational accident, from the 16th of low this payment corresponds to the Social Security itself or to the mutual.
The temporary disability benefit is not indefinite (permanent disability is for those cases), but the regulations contemplate a period of up to one year, extendable for half a year more to be able to receive it . In the latter case, ostensible reasons for improvement must be proven.
Is Social Security quoted while on sick leave?
Social Security is forceful: it is always quoted, unless the end of an employment relationship is reached. On its website, the agency reports that this obligation to contribute "subsists in situations of temporary disability, risk during pregnancy, risk during breast-feeding, enjoyment of rest periods for maternity and paternity, or trial periods of employee".
