New Labour and Social Security for 2014

· Maintaining the minimum wage amounts to 645.30 in 2014. - € / month or 21.51. - € / day.

· The enactment of the extension of the duration of paternity leave to four weeks postponed to 1-1-2015 (now is 13 days for freelancers and 13 days of paid leave by the company in case of salaried workers).

· The maximum contribution base to General Scheme increased by 5% in 2014 became of 3597.00. - € / month or 119.90. - € / day. The bases are kept minimal.

· Self-employed workers who, 1-1-2014, 47 years old and have traded in a base RETA below 1888.80. - € per month can not choose a base price than 1926.60. - € monthly, except to exercise its option in such sense before 30-6-2014.

The minimum base of self increased 2% (875.70. - € / month); except in certain cases (corporate or independent autonomous individuals, partners and CB SCP) that sometime in the year 2013 and simultaneously have been hired to service a number of workers as employees or higher ten, which will have a base price equal to the price set for Group 1 General Scheme (1051.50. - € / month in 2014) and pay automatically and compulsory 314.40. - € / month.

· Establishing contract support work part-time entrepreneurs expand existing allowances for these contracts, compute the amount of the bonus in proportion to working hours agreed in the contract.

· Is extended to 31-12-2014 bonuses quotes for companies, excluding those belonging to the public sector engaged in activities operating in the sectors of tourism, trade and hospitality linked to the same generating productive activity in the months March and November each year and initiate and / or maintain high during these months the contracts of employment of a permanent intermittent.

· It regulates the suspension of subsidy for temporary disability forfeit any of the calls made ​​by physicians and registered with the INSS for mutual examination and medical examination. It also modifies the regulation of termination of the right to this benefit.

· With effect from 1-1-2014, it suppresses the art.33.8 of the Workers regulating FOGASA direct payment of a portion of the compensation (8 days salary per year) for termination of contracts Indefinite held by companies with fewer than 25 workers for collective dismissal, layoff or termination order on the grounds provided for in Art .64 of the Bankruptcy Act, so now you can not apply directly to the collection of FOGASA this part of the compensation for workers affected, only that it may require the company to lodge and, if necessary, by judicial claim amount to finish charging FOGASA if the company is declared insolvent.

· The General Treasury of the Social Security extends the term of settlement and entry of new concepts and amounts include the contribution base to General Scheme since 22 December 2013 (plus the entire transport and distance, improved performance Social Security other than temporary disability, including pension plans, among others), no application fee and no interest until 31-5-2014.

· Since March 2014 imposed an obligation for employers to communicate to the General Treasury of the Social Security system in each payment period the amount of remuneration paid to all workers, regardless of their inclusion or not on the basis of contributions to Social Security but are applicable only basis.

· In terms of promoting part-time work and flexible working time modify certain aspects of the regulation of additional hours possible agreement extending temporary contracts, as long as the work day is not less than ten hours per week annual calculation, reduces the period of notice for its implementation, while increasing the number of hours of this kind can be made.

A distinction between the agreed additional hours of compulsory conducting worker when you signed pact mandatory, voluntary and only can be offered by the company in permanent contracts.

And establishing an obligation to register the day of part-time workers.

The trial of fixed-term contracts of Article 15 of the Workers having a duration not exceeding six months, may not exceed one month, unless the applicable collective agreement provides otherwise ; also updated the system interrupt the trial period, extending it to risk during pregnancy, the risk during breastfeeding and parenting.

However, the 'trial concluded prior to 22 December 2013, entry into force of RDLlei 16/2013 continue to be governed by the legal or conventional agreement with which they celebrate.

Expanded from eight to twelve years of age the child may justify a reduction in working hours of daily work for legal guardianship, the proportional reduction in salary.

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