Can you apply for unemployment benefits if you have vacation days left?
When applying for unemployment, doubts always arise. He State Public Employment Service (SEPE) has a series of mechanisms that are responsible for protecting workers who have lost their job, whether permanently or temporarily. To do this, it offers a contributory benefit that each person receives, that is, a minimum income for a certain time that allows them to live until they find another job. This is what we commonly know as arrest.
The truth is that to apply for unemployment it is necessary to meet a series of requirements. One of them, and perhaps the best known, is that a person must have contributed 360 or more days. There are other aspects that must be taken into account. A question that usually arises is whether the request can be made when there are still vacation days left to enjoy. The SEPE has a clear answer to that question.
Can I request the benefit if I have vacation days to take?
The answer to this question is given on the SEPE website. And if an employee becomes unemployed, but still has a few days of vacation left to enjoy, You cannot request your benefit because it is considered that he has not yet been left in a “legal situation of unemployment.” This requirement is essential to be able to have the right to unemployment.
“The legal situation of unemployment occurs after the vacation period that you have not enjoyed and that the company has paid you in the liquidation or settlement, a period in which Social Security contributions are still mandatory,” says the State Public Employment Service.
When that time has passed and those vacation days from the previous job have been consumed, a period of 15 business days opens to be able to request unemployment. It must be kept in mind that in order to do so it is necessary register as a job seeker in the employment service of your autonomous community.
In order to make the request for the benefit, it must be submitted within the period of 15 business days following the last day of work or at the end of the vacation period. In addition, it can be presented in different ways:
- Through the SEPE electronic headquarters.
- In some SEPE office asking for an appointment.
- In some public registry office.
- Through administrative email.
