He Subsidy for over 52 years It is a benefit that is charged indefinitely until they find work or reach retirement age. To maintain it and, being assistance aid that seeks to guarantee a minimum income level, the Public State Employment Service (SEPE) requires all its beneficiaries that their income or income does not exceed 75% of interprofessional minimum salary (SMI), that with the recent climb will be located in the 888 euros per month. To those exceed this level of income, the SEPE will be able to suspend the subsidy for over 52 years.
To get the unemployed to comply with this requirement, the beneficiaries must submit an annual declaration of income to the SEPE. To this procedure another is joined and it is the obligation to submit the declaration corresponding to the Income Tax of the natural persons (IRPF) before the Treasury regardless of the level of income. This new procedure is regulated in the reform of the unemployment subsidies regulated under the Royal Decree 2/2024.
As for the annual income statement or give it is a procedure that all beneficiaries of the subsidy must do for over 52 years. This statement must be submitted once a year, that is, every time twelve months have elapsed since the date of the birth of law or from its last resumption, within fifteen business days following the fulfillment of this period.
The SEPE will suspend the subsidy for over 52 years
To access the subsidy for people over 52, beneficiaries must demonstrate a situation of economic vulnerability or lack of income. To do this, the SEPE establishes a threshold of 75 % of the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI). Since the SMI has risen to 1,184 euros per month, 75 % equals 888 euros per month.
In case of overcoming the income level or anticipate that it will be overcome, it is mandatory to communicate it to the sepe. While it is true that the SEPE demands to submit an annual declaration of income, any increase in the income provided, such as receiving an inheritance, must be notified immediately.
In this case, the SEPE will suspend the subsidy until Comply with the income limit. It is important to clarify that the subsidy is not lost definitively (which would be considered an extinction), but that it is a temporary suspension. Once the unemployed again meet the requirements, you can request the reactivation of the benefit.
This is because unemployment subsidies are assistance aids, that is, they do not function as the unemployment contributory benefit, which requires a minimum of contributions. Instead, the SEPE grants them to guarantee a minimum of income while the person seeks employment.
For this reason, unemployment can access any worker who has quoted enough, while unemployment subsidies are only available for those who prove a situation of economic vulnerability.
The SEPE can request the return of the subsidy if variation in the income level is not communicated
If a variation in the income level occurs and does not communicate, the SEPE may require the return of unduly perceived amounts. For example, if a person receives an inheritance of 50,000 euros and does not notify it, the SEPE, when checking the income statement, will detect an increase in assets, which could lead to the opening of a regulatory file and the request for return of the amounts gained unduly.
Not only that, but, in certain cases, said procedure may be a sanctioner and entail the extinction of the subsidy for people over 52 years, as established in article 25.3 of the Law of Infractions and Sanctions in the Social Order (smooth). In fact, there are precedents, such as the judgment of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid, which determined the extinction of the subsidy for a beneficiary who did not communicate the money received from an inheritance.