Recipients of contributory unemployment benefits who register as self-employed workers in a Social Security scheme may combine said benefit with self-employment, for a maximum of 270 days or for the shorter period pending receipt, provided that the request is made to the managing entity within 15 days from the date of commencement of self-employment activity. After this period, the worker will not be able to benefit from this compatibility.
The benefit will end if the beneficiary takes up employment. During the time when unemployment benefit is combined with self-employment, the beneficiary will not be required to fulfil the obligations as a job seeker or those arising from the commitment to work.
The following will be excluded from this measure:
- Those people whose last employment was self-employed.
- Those who have made use of this right or obtained the lump sum payment of unemployment benefit in the immediately preceding 24 months.
- Those who establish themselves as self-employed workers and sign a contract to carry out their professional activity with the employer immediately prior to unemployment or with a company in the same business group.
If, after ceasing self-employment, the worker is entitled to unemployment benefit, he or she may choose between receiving this benefit or reopening the right to unemployment benefit that has been suspended.
This benefit is also applicable to unemployment beneficiaries who join as partners of labour companies or worker partners of newly created worker cooperatives, covered by a special Social Security regime for self-employed workers.
For more information about incentives for self-employment, or any type of aid for hiring, do not hesitate to contact contact our professionals through the web or directly in our offices (Telephone 968 45 46 24).
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