Economy

Social Security will deny the widow's pension in marriages of less than one year if the death was due to a common illness and without children in common or proven previous cohabitation.

Social Security will deny the widow’s pension in marriages of less than one year if the death was due to a common illness and without children in common or proven previous cohabitation.

Social Security may deny a widow’s pension to spouses who lose their partner shortly after getting married. This is so since Social Security can allege that the minimum duration requirement of the link is not met, as established in article 219.2 General Social Security Law. This explains that if the ...

Eduardo, bricklayer on the future of construction: "They want to earn 2,500 or 3,000 euros without knowing how to do anything; My son earns 1,400 euros as a lifeguard sitting in a chair, tell him to go to work in the sun"

Eduardo, bricklayer on the future of construction: “They want to earn 2,500 or 3,000 euros without knowing how to do anything; My son earns 1,400 euros as a lifeguard sitting in a chair, tell him to go to work in the sun”

The crisis of qualified personnel in Spanish construction worsens year after year. According to the Hays 2025 Labor Market Guide, 94% of construction companies have difficulties finding suitable profiles, in a context where more than 55% of workers are over 45 years old and the number of young people under ...