Up to €480/Month Extra: Benefits & Eligibility
Unlock up to €480/month extra! The SEPE in Spain now supports jobseekers re-entering the workforce by offering unemployment benefits alongside full-time employment. This groundbreaking initiative is designed to encourage individuals to accept new job opportunities without sacrificing financial security. Understand if you qualify for this crucial aid, and navigate the specific eligibility rules tied to when your unemployment benefits began—either before or after April 1, 2025. News Directory 3 brings you the decisive details on application deadlines and requirements, ensuring your fully informed. Discover what’s next in employment support.
SEPE: Jobseekers Can now Collect Unemployment While Employed
Updated June 05, 2025
Spain’s Public State Employment Service (SEPE) has implemented a reform allowing some unemployed individuals to receive benefits while holding a full-time job. this “Complement to support the contributory benefit” aims to ease the transition back into the labor market and ensure individuals aren’t discouraged from accepting jobs with lower salaries than their unemployment benefits.
The availability of this unemployment benefits program depends on when the individual’s unemployment benefits originated,specifically before or after April 1,2025.This date determines the application process and eligibility requirements for the employment support complement.
Unemployment Benefits Before April 1, 2025
Individuals who began receiving unemployment benefits before April 1, 2025, can apply for the employment support complement if their benefit duration is at least 14 months and they have already received benefits for nine months. To receive the complement, they must request compatibility with their full-time employment. The SEPE does not automatically grant this benefit.
Eligibility also requires that the company is not undergoing an employment regulation file (ERE), the worker had not been employed by the company in the previous 12 months, and ther is no familial relationship (up to the second degree) with the employer or company managers.
To receive the complement from the start of employment, the request must be submitted within 15 days of starting the job.Otherwise, the complement will be applied from the date of submission, provided the employment relationship is still active.