SEPE (Spanish Social Security Administration) notifies all of Spain about the subsidy for those over 52 following the government's welfare reform: this is the amount and contribution.

The subsidy for those over 52 is a key part of the SEPE (State Public Employment Service)'s level of assistance protection, and therefore, the agency regularly reports on changes to this aid, which reaches hundreds of thousands of Spaniards.

The agency's latest warning, however, was intended to remind citizens that the latest unemployment benefit reform has not changed the terms of the subsidy for those over 52, so they should not fear possible cuts to the subsidy or its benefits.

In its X account (formerly Twitter) , the SEPE has reported that " the subsidy for those over 52 years of age has not been modified by the reform of the level of care " and that, therefore, the conditions prevailing in this aid are maintained, which it has taken the opportunity to remind.

Therefore, the amount of the subsidy for those over 52 remains at 80% of the Public Indicator of Multiple Effects Income (IPREM), which leaves it at 480 euros per month .

The SEPE alert comes because the reform of the assistance level led to increases in unemployment benefits, which gradually phased out as the months of payment progressed, eventually returning to the pre-reform amount. However, these changes did not apply to the benefit for those over 52, which remains unchanged.

The SEPE also warns that the subsidy for those over 52 maintains the retirement contribution and, furthermore, is 125% of the minimum contribution base for each year.

This warning is not trivial, given that for months the government threatened to lower the contribution base (gradually until it reached 100% of the minimum base) and, in fact, led to the unemployment reform being rejected in the Congress of Deputies with the negative vote of Podemos. The government subsequently reversed course.

At the same time, the SEPE reports other conditions that remain in place and affect the benefit. One of them is its duration, which remains in place until the beneficiary reaches ordinary retirement age .

Another is the obligation to submit the annual income tax return , a procedure that must be done at the time of applying for the subsidy and every year: " It is an annual extension in which you confirm that you do not exceed the income to be able to receive the subsidy ."