Partial benefit for termination of activity

Self-employed workers who, after the termination of the work contract with the contracting entity, continue to exercise a professional activity and earn less than the amount of the benefit for termination of activity.

Access to the benefit depends on the cumulative verification of the following conditions:

• Involuntary termination of the contract with the contracting entity
• Compliance with the qualifying period: 360 days of exercise of an economically dependent activity as a self-employed worker, with the corresponding payment of contributions, in a period of 24 months immediately prior to the date of the involuntary termination of the service contract
• The self-employed worker is considered to be economically dependent at the time of the termination of the service contract.
• Considered as having been economically dependent on the contracting entity in the calendar year immediately before the end of the service contract.

For the verification of the qualifying period compliance can be taken into account periods of registered pay-slips under the general scheme that covers all employees and the scheme for self-employed workers.

The amount is equal to:

• the difference between the amount of the benefit for termination of activity plus 35% of the same amount and the remuneration due to an employee
• the difference between the amount for termination of activity plus 35% of the same amount and the amount of 1/12^th of the relevant annual income presumed by the beneficiary for fiscal purposes, when the beneficiary exercises professional activity as a self-employed worker. The amount of the partial benefit for termination of activity is recalculated if  the presumed income is not confirmed
• to the benefit for termination of activity when all of the following conditions occur:
  • the benefit for termination of activity plus 35% corresponds to an amount that is less than the monthly minimum earnings guaranteed
  • the sum total of the work income received as an employee or a self-employed worker added to the partial benefit for termination of activity is less than the monthly minimum earnings guaranteed.

Maximum limit: Cannot exceed the amount of the benefit for termination of activity to which the beneficiary is entitled.

Through a request to be filed in the job centre within 90 consecutive days from the date of unemployment due to termination of the service provision contract.

Before submitting the application, the beneficiary must register for employment in the job centre.