Employment
Payslip, final pay, dismissal and benefits: what you get and how it is worked out.
What the finiquito is: what it includes and when it is paid
The finiquito settles what you have already earned when the contract ends, whatever the cause. It is not dismissal severance, which has its own rules.
3 min readHow to calculate your finiquito step by step, with a full example
The finiquito is three sums on your daily salary, the monthly figure divided by 30. See each formula and a worked example, line by line, in real numbers.
3 min readUnfair dismissal in Spain: what you actually get and how it is calculated
Unfair dismissal in Spain pays 33 days per year, and an older tranche pays 45. The caps, the pre-2012 split, back salaries and how IRPF treats the lot.
3 min readUnemployment benefit in Spain: how much you get and for how long
Spain’s contributory unemployment benefit is capped by the IPREM, not by your salary. The regulatory base, the 70% and 60% rates and the duration table.
4 min readUnderstanding your Spanish payslip, line by line
A Spanish payslip has three blocks, and the worker’s contributions are about 6.5 % of gross. What each line is, why the net is what it is and what to check.
3 min readHow to fill in the Spanish modelo 145: what each box does to your payslip
Form 145 is not filed with the tax office; you hand it signed to your employer. See what each section does to the withholding rate on your monthly payslip.
15 min readWhat Spain's IPREM is and what it gates
The IPREM has not risen since 2023 while the Spanish minimum wage has. Its four amounts, and when the €7,200 figure applies rather than the €8,400 one.
13 min readSpanish student grant amounts: what each threshold pays
The Spanish student grant is not one amount but several components per band. See what each threshold pays and why threshold 1 does not get the basic grant.
16 min readHoliday days per month worked in Spain
Each month worked earns 2.5 holiday days, but the month is the wrong unit to count in. How many you are really owed, and what pending days do to your dole.
10 min readSpanish voluntary leave: what you keep and lose
Spanish voluntary leave does not contribute, does not hold your job and builds no seniority. The conditions, the length, and how care leave differs.
9 min readResigning from a job in Spain: notice, pay and benefit
The fifteen days of notice everyone quotes are not law: Spain sets none. What can be deducted, what the settlement pays, and the four exits that keep benefit.
11 min readSpanish bereavement leave: how many days and how they count
Spanish bereavement leave is still two days, four with travel. The five days from the 2023 reform belong to a different cause entirely.
10 min readPermanent seasonal work in Spain: seniority, benefit and call-up
Your seniority counts the whole relationship and your benefit only contributions. What a fijo discontinuo is and what you get between seasons.
10 min readSpain's internship contract: what replaced it
Spain's internship contract no longer exists under that name. Since 2022 there is one formative contract with two modalities, and which you get changes pay.
9 min readPart-time contracts in Spain
A Spanish part-time contract has rules of its own: it admits no overtime at all. And two employer failures turn it into a full-time one by presumption.
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