Companies that sign training contracts will have a bonus of 100% in business contributions to Social Security.
SMEs and the self-employed who sign training contracts will have a 100% discount on business contributions to Social Security for common contingencies, as well as those corresponding to accidents at work and occupational diseases, unemployment, salary guarantee fund and professional training.
These training contracts must have a minimum duration of six months and a maximum of three years. In the event that the contract is for six months, it may be extended up to two times, enjoying the same 100% bonus. If the company has more than 250 workers, the bonus would be 75%, instead of 100%.
In addition, if once the training and apprenticeship contract has ended, the company decides to hire the worker indefinitely, the contracting party will be entitled to a reduction in the company's Social Security contribution of 1,500 euros per year, in the case of men. . The bonus will be 1,800 euros per year in the case of women.
These types of contracts have as their objective the professional qualification of workers who alternate paid work activity with training activity, within the professional training system for employment or the educational system.
On the other hand, the time that the worker dedicates to the company will have to be compatible with his training. Therefore, during the first year, the working time may not exceed 75% of the working day, established by law or by the collective agreement, and 85% in the second year. The salary of the worker with a training contract will have to be proportional to the actual working time and never below the proportional part of the minimum wage.
The company may not enter into training contracts for a job that has been performed by a worker from the same company for more than twelve months. In the same way, once the time limit set by the training contracts has been exceeded, said contract cannot be renewed, except to sign a new one of a temporary or indefinite nature under the general regime.
What is the training and apprenticeship contract?
The training and apprenticeship contract belongs to the temporary work block and its purpose is the professional qualification of workers, through a system that simultaneously combines paid work activity in a company with training activity received within the framework of the professional training system. for employment or the educational system.
Who is it for?
This type of contract is aimed at people over the age of sixteen and under the age of twenty-five who lack the professional qualification recognized by the professional training system for employment or the educational system required to enter into an internship contract for the job or occupation object. of the contract. The maximum age limit will not apply when the contract is entered into with people with disabilities or for groups in a situation of social exclusion.
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