Incentives for the open-ended contract of a family member of a self-employed worker.

This type of contract includes a 100% reduction in the employer's social security contribution for common contingencies during the twelve months following the hiring.

If you are a self-employed individual and want to hire a family member to help you in the business, know that self-employed individuals can hire their spouse, ascendants, descendants and other relatives by consanguinity or affinity, up to and including the second degree, as employees on an indefinite basis – full-time or part-time – with a 100% bonus on the employer's contribution for common contingencies for a period of 12 months.

To take advantage of this bonus for hiring family members, you must meet a series of requirements, which we explain below.

Family workers

Being the spouse, ascendants, descendants and other relatives by consanguinity or affinity, up to and including the second degree of the self-employed worker.

Be unemployed and registered at the employment office.

Type of contract

For an indefinite period, full-time or part-time.

Requirements for self-employed employers

• Not having terminated employment contracts, either for objective reasons or for disciplinary dismissals that have been judicially declared unfair, or for collective dismissals that have been declared unlawful, in the 12 months prior to the signing of the contract that entitles the employee to the bonus provided for.
• The employer must maintain the employment level for 6 months after the signing of the contracts that entitle them to the aforementioned bonus.
• For the purposes of examining the level of employment and its maintenance, the following shall not be taken into account: terminations of employment contracts for objective reasons or for disciplinary dismissals that have not been declared unfair, collective dismissals that have not been declared unlawful, as well as terminations caused by resignation, death or total, absolute or severe permanent disability of the workers or by the expiration of the agreed time or completion of the work or service that is the object of the contract, or by termination during the probationary period.

Incentives: 100% bonus on the employer's social security contribution for common contingencies

Duration: 12-month period.

You can contact this professional office for any questions or clarifications you may have.

Warm regards,

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