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Will I continue collecting unemployment benefits when I reach retirement age?

The right to unemployment benefit is extinguished upon becoming a retirement pensioner. If, upon reaching retirement age, you do not meet the requirements to collect said pension, you will be able to continue collecting unemployment benefits, as long as you present a certification issued by the National Social Security Institute (INSS). This will not apply in the case of cases of suspension or reduction of working hours due to ERTE.

The unemployment benefit can be received at the same time as the partial retirement pension or a retirement pension recognized in a system other than the Spanish one.

In these cases, if the benefit you receive is an unemployment subsidy, compatibility will be conditional on you continuing to lack your own monthly income of any kind greater than 75 per cent of the national minimum wage (SMI), excluding the proportional part of the extraordinary payments. (the amount of the pension, with a pro rata of extraordinary payments, would be taken into account as income). You must also continue to prove, where applicable, family responsibilities, except in the event that it is a subsidy for people over 52 years of age (it does not require family responsibilities).

You can communicate your retirement at the benefits office at your home by requesting an appointment via the Internet or at the electronic site of the State Public Employment Service if you have digital certificate, electronic identity card or ​​​​​​​ Cl@ve username and password.