social security

The school year begins with a drop in unemployment but no record employment

Economy | 02/10/2025

Preparations at school for the new school year, a teacher in a classroom, Escola Pia Sant Antoni, Barcelona 2.09.2022 Photo PERE VIRGILI Diari Ara

Half of the population does not know how pensions are financed, according to a Funcas study.

Economy | 25/09/2025

File image of a demonstration to guarantee pension benefits.

Recalculation of pensions: What does the new system mean for workers with interrupted careers?

Economy | 15/09/2025

Grandparents say enough

Catalonia leads the loss of contracts and the rise in unemployment in August

Economy | 02/09/2025

A SOC office in Barcelona.

New record number of employed people in Catalonia in July despite the rise in unemployment

Economy | 04/08/2025

An SOC office.

The Spanish government will introduce new self-employed contributions in September.

Economy | 14/07/2025

A self-employed worker in Barcelona

Receiving the minimum living wage reduces the likelihood of working, according to Airef.

Economy | 09/07/2025

The president of Airef, Cristina Herrero.

Catalonia begins the summer leading the way in job creation

Economy | 02/07/2025

A SOC office in Barcelona with people queuing.

Why are almost all new self-employed workers foreigners?

Economy | 02/06/2025

Medical staff at a Barcelona hospital in a file photo.

Social Security achieves a surplus of €3.749 billion in the first four months

Economy | 30/05/2025

SOCIAL SECURITY SAVES STATE ACCOUNTS FOR THE MOMENT The state of public accounts has generated a significant number of social protests. The 0.3% Social Security surplus through August temporarily saves the State's public deficit target for this year, which is 4.5%. The State deficit stood at 4.77% in the first eight months of this year.

16.5% of Catalan families with children and jobs are in poverty.

Economy | 21/05/2025

Family poverty

The councilor of a small town in the Pyrenees who has defeated the State in court

Politics | 09/05/2025

Miquel Dalmau, with the sentence, at his home

New occupancy record in Catalonia thanks to the Holy Week boost

Economy | 06/05/2025

Full terraces on the Rambla in Barcelona.

No overnight help to cope with a daughter's eating disorder: "They're out of control"

Society | 31/03/2025

A patient is weighed in the UTCA of the Bellvitge Hospital.

27% of self-employed workers paid more to Social Security with the new contribution system

Business | 12/02/2025

Catalonia loses 50% of young self-employed workers

New self-employment law: how does it affect you and how much will you have to pay?

Business | 20/07/2022

The Minister of Social Security, José Luis Escrivá, yesterday.

Escrivá's third proposal for the self-employed: lower contributions for those with lower incomes

Business | 01/03/2022

The Minister of Social Security, José Luis Escrivá, during yesterday's presentation of the advance enrollment data.