The Public State Employment Service (SEPE) is the autonomous body in charge of managing the unemployment protection system, sending the information for the payment of benefits to the financial institutions of the more than 3 million people without active employment, which these days they wonder when unemployment is charged in March 2023.

Under normal circumstances, the payment of unemployment benefits occurs on the 10th of each month; or, if it is a holiday, the next business day. In March 2023, the 10th falls on a Friday, although it should be remembered that said established period has suffered some occasional incidence of delay. In this way, from the SEPE website it is reported that the payment occurs from the 10th to the 15th of each month. In other words, some banks may pay unemployment on the 10th and others from Monday, March 13.

On the other hand, from the first months of the pandemic and until May 2022, the SEPE advanced the payment of benefits thanks to the agreement with the employers of the banking sector, a circumstance that no longer occurs. However, some banks and savings banks have decided to keep the advance to their customers, so it is necessary to be attentive to the information that financial institutions offer through their customer service channels.

The closing guidelines for the payment of the stop in March 2023 in each bank are, according to data from the platforms empleojob.es and pediayudas.com:

The worker’s contribution periods at each moment of his working life define the duration of the collection of specific unemployment benefits. Below are the months with the right to unemployment and mandatory contribution days:

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