This is the most you can receive from sick leave in 2025

This is the most you can receive from sick leave in 2025

The temporary disability benefitbetter known as sick leave, allows workers to collect “part of their salary” when they are temporarily unable to work. The goal is to mitigate the loss of income they suffer during the time it takes to recover (although there are limits). However, you don’t always charge the sameand the amount depends on the cause that caused the withdrawal.

This is why many people may wonder: How much is temporary disability charged in 2025? Are there changes from one year to the next? The answer is no: the amount charged during withdrawal will continue to be calculated in the same way.

Specifically, depending on the cause that originated it (if it is an occupational disease or a work accident or, on the contrary, a common disease or a non-work accident) a certain percentage of the regulatory base will be charged. Likewise, depending also on the cause that caused the withdrawal, we may begin to collect it sooner or later.

How much is paid for being on sick leave in 2025

The amount that is charged while you are on sick leave depends on the cause that caused it. According to Social Security, this is what the worker is responsible for collecting in each case:

  • Common illness or non-work accident: 60% of the regulatory base is charged from the fourth day of sick leave to the twentieth (inclusive). Starting on the 21st, 75% is charged.
  • Occupational illness or work accident: 75% of the regulatory base is charged from the day after sick leave.
  • Secondary disabling menstruation: 60% of the regulatory base is charged from the first day of sick leave to the twentieth (inclusive). Starting on the 21st, 75% is charged.
  • Termination of pregnancy and the first day of the thirty-ninth week of pregnancy: on the first day of sick leave, full salary is collected. From the second to the twentieth day, 60% of the regulatory base is charged. And, starting on the 21st, 75% is charged.

How to calculate the regulatory basis for temporary disability

Since the amount of the leave depends on the regulatory basis, many workers will wonder How the regulatory basis for temporary disability is calculated. As Social Security explains, this is how it should be calculated in each case:

  • In case of common illness or non-work accident: it is the result of dividing our contribution base for common contingencies for the month prior to the date on which we resigned (it is found on the payroll), by the number of days to which said contribution corresponds (30 days if the salary is received monthly, or 28, 29, 30 or 31 if the salary is received daily). The result would be 100% of our regulatory base.
  • In case of work accident or occupational disease: it is the result of dividing our contribution base for professional contingencies for the month prior to the date of leave (can be seen in the payroll for said month), by the number of days to which said contribution corresponds (30 days if the salary is monthly, or 28, 29, 30 or 31 if the salary is daily). The result would be 100% of our regulatory base but, in this case, it would be necessary to add, if done, the result of dividing the overtime hours of the previous year by 365 (or the days that one has been registered in the company). .

It should be taken into account that, in the case of workers hired for training and apprenticeships, the regulatory base is the minimum contribution base of the General Regime. And, in the case of part time employeesthe daily regulatory base will be calculated by dividing the sum of the contribution bases for the three months prior to the causative event by the number of calendar days of that period. The benefit will be paid during all the calendar days that the temporary disability lasts.

You can get 100% of the sick leave

Despite the above, it is possible to collect 100% of our regulatory base and, consequently, “100% of sick leave.” Some collective agreements include a supplement or improvement of the temporary disability by which the company is responsible for paying the remaining percentage to reach 100% of the regulatory base.. That is, paying what is missing to collect it in full (here we explain how to know what your collective agreement is).