The new study comes at a time when the government is discussing the widening of social protections to domestic employees.
The government is studying the possibility of extending unemployment allowance to domestic workers working, a measure that, according to a recent study, would imply a increased discount rate for social security from 28.3% to 33.3%. This change would result in an increase of about 20 euros in the monthly charges of employing families, explains the.
The study, requested by the previous executive and now sent to the deputies, analyzes the social protection of More than 223,000 domestic workers registered in social security. Currently, the majority discounts on the basis of the Index of Social Support (IAS), resulting in low benefits and the exclusion of access to unemployment allowance.
Currently, domestic workers can contribute in two ways: those working on time pay a contributory rate of 28.3%, with reference to IAS, while those who have a monthly contract and work full time discount on effective remuneration, with A rate of 33.3%. Only the latter are entitled to unemployment allowance.
The study proposes two main measures: index the discounts of all domestic workers to the national minimum wage and extend access to unemployment allowance. If the reference remuneration goes from IAS to the minimum wage, the Valor-hour would rise from 2.77 euros to 4.38 eurosincreasing discounts from 23.52 euros to 37.19 euros per month. With the enlargement of the unemployment allowance, the discounted amount would rise to 43.76 euros monthly.
To minimize the financial impact of this change, the working group proposes a progressive transition over three years. However, it warns of the difficulty of applying the measure due to the informality of the sector, the flexibility in working times and the fragility of employers.
Among the recommendations, the creation of tax benefits in IRS for families employing domestic workers. It also proposes the end of the qualification of “domestic service” and the recognition of the remuneration of each employer for contributory career purposes.
Some of the proposals converge with Left Block initiatives, which will be debated in Parliament on February 27.
