The total number of unemployed at the end of 2022 stood at 3,024,000 people. 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 entities of the more than 3 million people without active employment, which these days they wonder when unemployment is charged in February 2023.
In usual circumstances, the payment of unemployment benefits occurs on the day of each month; or, if it is a holiday, the next business day. In February 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.
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 exact dates of the unemployment payment in February 2023 in each bank are, according to data from the empleojob.es platform:
The x-ray of unemployment in Spain in 2022 leaves some uncertainties. The Active Population Survey (EPA) for the fourth quarter of 2022 certifies the slowdown in the final stretch of the year, when 81,900 jobs were destroyed and 43,800 unemployed were added. The 278,900 new jobs represent the lowest job creation in a year of growth since 2013 (with the exception of the fateful 2020) and unemployment fell by 79,900 people, also at the lowest annual rate since the end of the financial crisis. In the end, the unemployment rate rises to 12.9%.
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:
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
