Paying for a purchase of a very expensive product or service using only bills or cash has its days numbered, at least for a certain amount. And the European Union is going to set a maximum limit as of July 10, 2027 for cash payments that all Member States will have to comply with. That …
The price of electricity on Tuesday, November 3, rises again and for 12 hours it will be above 200 euros
The price of electricity rises sharply this Tuesday, November 3, 2026, reaching 0.2281 euros per Kilowatt hour (228.08 euros/MWh), based on the latest data provided by Red Eléctrica regarding the Voluntary Price for Small Consumers (PVPC). In this way, the electricity rate increases by 21.71% compared to the Monday, November 2, when the average cost …
Social Security will change disability pensions for retirement pensions upon reaching age 65, but the amount will be the same
Non-contributory disability pensions, better known as disability pensions, change upon reaching 65 years of age and Social Security will change them to non-contributory retirement pensions. The pensioner will not have to do anything, since it is changed automatically and with the same amount, which for 2026 is 628.80 euros per month in 14 payments. This …
Social Security asks to return 38,795.11 euros to a pensioner with absolute permanent disability for working after retirement age, although he knew about it since 2014, and the court annuls it because he was never notified
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia considers that Social Security cannot require a pensioner to return the 38,795.11 euros for collecting his permanent absolute disability while continuing to work beyond his ordinary retirement age as a security assistant. The court points out that the organization knew about this since …
The minimum pension for retirees over 65 without a spouse would reach 1,018 euros per month in 2027, while those with a dependent spouse will receive about 415 euros more
The minimum retirement pension (like the rest of the minimum pensions) will continue to grow above the rest of the contributory Social Security pensions. For this 2027, and if we take into account the forecasts of experts such as Funcas, the minimum retirement pension for those over 65 without a …
Luis Alfonso and Alberto Iglesias, lawyers, warn about disability and permanent disability: “They are not the same”
Many workers with a chronic illness or the consequences of an accident have a recognized degree of disability and assume that this opens the door to a permanent disability pension. This is not the case, because these are two different recognitions granted by different administrations, as explained by the lawyers …