The voluntary early retirement It is the modality that allows workers to advance retirement up to a maximum of two years with respect to the ordinary age, in such a way that it is enjoyed before the pension. Social Security applies cuts to the amount in the form of a percentage called reducing coefficients. The …
Types of retirement in Spain: all modalities and their requirements
In Spain there are seven main retirement modalities regulated in the General Social Security Law (LGSS). Each one has a minimum age, required years of contributions and a different effect on the amount of the pension. The reform introduced by Royal Decree-Law 11/2024 modified the active, partial and delayed modalities as of April 1, 2025 …
Europe changes the rules: expands aid to include workers before they are fired
The European Parliament has given the green light to the reform of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund to expand its scope and allow workers at risk of losing their jobs to also benefit from its aid. Until now, this instrument was aimed mainly at people already goodbyesbut the new regulations introduce a preventive approach. With …
The Government sends a message of “calm” to tenants: the rental extensions requested before the decree fell are still valid
The Government has conveyed a message of “calm” to tenants who requested an extension of their rental contracts before the Congress will overturn the decree this Tuesdayby ensuring that these extensions remain valid. Both the Minister of Social Rights, Pablo Bustinduy, and the Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, have defended …
Social Security allows workers who interrupted their careers to care for children to add five years of contributions, but the benefit is only for one of the parents.
Social Security allows parents who interrupted their professional careers to care for children to add up to a maximum of 5 years to their working life, so that their retirement pension is not affected, even if they did not contribute during that time. This is possible thanks to the “fictitious …
Americans have little tolerance for economic suffering.
Over the past few weeks, amid the turbulence caused by the Trump administration’s new tariffs, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have repeatedly asked Americans to be patient. If they endured a period of uncertainty, some economic pain, and perhaps a temporary rise in prices, the message was that …