The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1864
25 - 31 March 2021
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EMPLOYMENT AID SOME 145,000 workers from 45,000 Andalucian companies will be able to benefit from the aid per employee of €505 per month in SMEs affected by the pandemic that the Andalucian Government approved on Tuesday, March 23. The pay‐ ment will be made without the companies having to present any paperwork. In a radio interview, the Min‐ ister of Employment, Rocío Blanco, has reported that the package of aid to maintain em‐ ployment and activity, which has been approved by the Board for a total amount of €270 million, a supplement of €201 will be included in a single payment for workers who were under some type of ERTE from March 14, 2020. The deadline for submitting applications for employment aid of €505 will be 15 business days from the day following its publication in the BOJA, sched‐ uled for publication on Monday March 29, and will end in three months. The aid of €505, which is equivalent to 35 per cent of the monthly labour cost per worker, is aimed at companies with an average workforce of 20 work‐ ers and that since March 14,
ROCÍO BLANCO: Minister of Employment, Training and Self-Employment.
Credit: Junta de Andalucía
2020, have been fully or partial‐ ly covered by the ERTE, in addi‐ tion to being up to date with their obligations with Social Se‐ curity among other require‐ ments. The Board will pay a single payment of €2,020 per worker (equivalent to four monthly payments) with a maximum of €30,300 per month and the re‐ quests will be processed by the SAE ex officio so that companies “do not have to provide any ad‐ ditional documentation” but rather they will use the data al‐ ready available to the labour au‐ thorities and Social Security.