The Social Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) of Aragon has confirmed the refusal of Social Security to grant a permanent disability pension requested by a self-employed construction worker. As stated in the ruling STSJ AR 666/2026, the plaintiff did not comply with the minimum contribution requirement required by the General Social Security …
Ignacio de la Calzada, labor lawyer, advises when you can request permanent disability without exhausting the medical leave: “you can go ahead because the law establishes it”
There are many workers who reach a year of sick leave due to temporary disability without Social Security sending them a discharge letter. Until recently, those 365 days were the date that required appearing before the medical tribunal to try to extend the benefit. That ended with the entry into force of Royal Decree-Law 2/2023, …
Workers who have contributed less than two years in the last fifteen will be denied the ordinary retirement pension.
Contributory pensions are those that are accessed when a minimum contribution has been made to Social Security. In the case of the retirement pension, it is necessary to have a minimum of 15 years throughout your working life, but this is not the only requirement. You must also prove a minimum of two years (730 …
The State must compensate the interim workers with up to 10,000 euros and give them a place if they pass an opposition
An employee of the Madrid City Council who has worked since 2009 with six temporary contracts will be permanent staff. The Supreme Court agrees with him because in 2005 he had passed the opposition but did not get a place due to the cut-off mark. The ruling, handed down this …
Antonia, 28 years of contributions: "I started when I was 14, they forced me to retire and now I only receive €800 in pension"
Antonia, a worker who began her career at the age of 14, today faces a retirement of just 800 euros per month after being forced to retire when she reaches the legal age. Despite having worked for more than five decades in sectors such as hospitality or care, she only …
CaixaBank suffers a new setback from the Supreme Court: it will have to return more than 1,392.64 euros for the abusive clauses of a mortgage signed in 1999
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a client who claimed from Bankia (currently CaixaBank) the return of the mortgage expenses and the opening fee paid when signing her mortgage in 1999. The High Court found that the amounts claimed were not time-barred because the period for the claim …