This is the minimum number of years of contributions required to receive the over-52 subsidy.

One of the most vulnerable groups in Spain are people over 52, as it is much more difficult for them to return to the world of work after losing their job. This situation means that government agencies provide them with special assistance, so in addition to the right to claim unemployment benefits from State Employment Service (SEPE), It has a certain plus. This population group will be able to get a a subsidy of 480 euros until they find work or reach retirement age. The big advantage of this method is that people continue to contribute to their pension.

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1. To be unemployed. Permanent intermittent workers will not be eligible for the subsidy if the triggering event occurred before 2 March 2022.

2. Be older than 52 years on the date when the requirements for receiving the subsidy are met in any of the following cases:

• having exhausted St payment of contributions or unemployment benefits.
• Be an expat who has returned to Spain and not be eligible for unemployment benefits. In this case, you must have worked abroad for at least 12 months during the last six years since your last departure from Spain in countries outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA).
• To be released from prison without the right to unemployment benefit, which consists of contributions, if the imprisonment lasted more than 6 months.
• having been announced fully able to work or with partial permanent loss of work abilityas a result of a file review to upgrade the situation to severe disability, total permanent disability, or total permanent disability for a regular occupation.
• Be legally unemployed and ineligible for contributory unemployment benefits by paying unemployment benefits for at least 90 to 359 days.

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In the current over-52 subsidy, the old over-55 contribution requirements are as follows:

• Contribute throughout your working life at least 15 years before retirement. For this requirement, contributions can be in any mode (general mode, individual entrepreneurs, domestic workers, etc.).
• Of this total number of years of contributions for retirement, at least two must be contributed to fifteen years before applying for a subsidy. For example, a worker who has 18 years of contributions, but who has not worked or contributed for 20 years, will not qualify because they do not have two years of contributions for retirement 15 years before the time they apply for the subsidy .
• Out of these total years of pension contributions (remember, at least 15 years), in order to apply for the over-52 grant, you need to have at least 6 years of unemployment contributions in that group of years of pension contributions general mode. That is, the employee could contribute to the pension in different regimes, but must have at least 6 years in the general regime for employed workers.