Pre-retirement is an agreement between a company and a worker so that the worker stops working before the legal retirement age in exchange for an income or financial compensation that covers, totally or partially, the time remaining until they can access ordinary or early retirement. That is, it is not ...
Social Security allows workers who are 65 years old and have contributed at least 15 years to access a retirement pension if they stopped working before April 1, 2013. However, this modality is not valid for all workers, since a series of very specific conditions must be met, included in ...
A woman has managed to obtain a widow’s pension calculated on a regulatory basis of 3,315.80 euros, after Social Security set it at 2,439.23 euros when considering that the amount of her husband’s pension suspended for working should be maintained. The Supreme Court confirms that contributions made while the deceased ...
Hilda Van Cauwenberg is a Belgian retiree who is 69 years old and, now that she has started collecting her pension, she has found certain irregularities to which she is trying to respond. He has questioned the functioning of the pension system in his country upon verifying that the equivalent ...
A woman who worked as a cleaner and was affected by breast cancer has managed to get the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León to recognize her right to receive a pension for absolute permanent disability, after the National Social Security Institute (INSS) initially denied it. For the ...
In Spain, two ordinary retirement ages coexist in 2026. On the one hand, 65 years for those who prove at least 38 years and 3 months of contributions. On the other hand, 66 years and 10 months for those who do not reach that contribution period. However, the General Social ...
Extra virgin olive oil has earned the name ‘liquid gold’ and ‘green gold’ for its many health benefits. More and more liters are being sold and department stores and supermarkets are launching offers to lower the price and make it more affordable for citizens’ pockets. In an interview conducted by ...
It is estimated that in Spain there are 22.1 million Social Security affiliates. However, more than 1.2 million are on medical leave simultaneously. While employers suffer from the cost of absenteeism, which already represents 18.4 billion euros for the public coffers, the USO union denounces a smear campaign against the ...
The price of tobacco has changed again in all Spanish tobacco shops this Saturday, April 25. The Ministry of Finance has published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) the update of the Retail Price (RPP) of certain tobacco products. In the resolution of April 24, 2026 of the Presidency of ...
receive a millionaire inheritance unexpectedly is something unusual, and even more so when there is no family connection. This is what has happened in Lleida, where a religious congregation has become the beneficiary of a fortune valued at 14 million euros after the death of a local businessman. Francesc Perera ...