Postpartum social aids

Women with children under 3 years of age who carry out an activity on their own account or for which they are registered in the corresponding Social Security or mutual insurance scheme can request the advance payment of the maternity deduction of up to ˆ 1200 per year per each of the children under 3 years of age. In the cases of adoption or foster care, the deduction may be made, regardless of the age of the minor, during the 3 years following the date of registration in the Civil Registry or during the 3 years after the date of the judicial or administrative resolution to declare it. In the event of the death of the mother, or when custody and custody are attributed exclusively to the father, or, where appropriate, to a guardian, the latter will be entitled to the pending deduction, provided that he or she meets the requirements set forth to be entitled to your application.

To apply for these deductions or benefits, the following procedure will be followed: when the beneficiary who performs a remunerated activity for which he is registered with Social Security or Mutual, requests the advance payment of the deduction for maternity by submitting of the model 140 to request the collection of ˆ 100 per month, simultaneously request the payment of ˆ 2,500 for birth or adoption. In the event of not requesting the deduction for birth or adoption in advance, it will be applied in the personal income tax return for the tax period in which the descendant was registered in the Civil Registry.

Spanish working women are entitled to 16 weeks of 100% paid maternity leave, which after the first 6 weeks of compulsory rest, the remaining 10 can be converted into 20 weeks part-time. In the case of multiple births, the suspension period will be extended by two weeks for each child from the first. Excluding the six weeks of mandatory rest, the mother may choose for the father to enjoy part of the rest period, either simultaneously or successively.

The extension of paternity leave from two to four weeks has been approved, which will enter into force in 2011.

Maternity leave is different from leave until the child is 3 years old. The time of leave is calculated at the level of seniority and during the first year the mother has the right to reserve the job.

Lactation leave is the right that working mothers and fathers have to be absent from their job with the aim of facilitating breastfeeding, maternal or artificial, without affecting their salary. Breastfeeding time is one hour a day or two half-hour fractions each day and ends at nine months after birth.

Almost all the Spanish autonomous communities offer aid for the adoption or birth of a child. It depends on the community, these aids are conditional on a minimum income, in addition to the different aids depending on the community where you reside.

• Andalusia: In the Andalusian community they offer aid for births and multiple adoptions:
  • Childbirth or adoption of two children 1,200 euros, of three children: 2,400 euros, of four children: 3,600 euros, of five or more children: 4,800 euros. The payment will be made in a single payment during the 3 years following the birth or adoption.
  • In addition to these grants, in Andalusia they also help families who are dependent on a child under the age of three at the birth of three or more children. This help will depend on the income of the family unit.
• Aragon: In the Aragonese community they grant aid to those families that have multiple births with 3 or more children or adopt more than three minors at the same time.
  • The aid granted to these families is up to 1,200 euros per child, until the youngest of the family reaches the age of 12, the amount depends on the family income.
• Asturias: Asturian families have the help of the central government of the "baby check", of 500 euros for each child born or adopted, this contribution will depend on the family income.
• Balearic Islands: the Nadó Card is given to families who have had a multiple birth or who have adopted simultaneously, and who do not have a family income higher than a certain annual amount. This aid is used to purchase hygiene and food products, and the aid lasts for nine months.
• Canary Islands: In the Canary Islands, as long as the multiple birth is of three or more babies, they grant aid of up to 1,200 euros per child and year, depending on the family income, until they turn 16 years old.
• Cantabria: Cantabria mothers receive a monthly grant of 100 euros from the community if they have children under three years of age or with children under six years of age when they are mothers of a large family or of a disabled child, if the family income does not exceed 18,000 euros yearly.
• Castilla– La Mancha: La Mancha families will obtain financial aid as long as there are multiple births or adoptions of two or more minors. In this community the “Welcome check” of 1,000 euros is offered to large families with income limits, widowers with family and multiple births.
  • In addition, with the entry into force in February 2007 of the Plan for the Reconciliation of Family and Work Life, different aids are granted to working families with minors in their care.
• Castilla-León: The aid depends on the income level of the family and the order that the newborn occupies in the Family Book. The aid benefits incomes of less than 21,035 euros with a single payment of 601 euros for the first child, 1,202 euros for the second child and 1,803 for the third and subsequent children. If the family income is higher than the limit, the amount received for each child is cut in half.
• Catalonia: The Generalitat grants a benefit of 625 euros per year per child to families with children under three years of age. In the case of large or single-parent families, this aid amounts to 730 euros per child until the child reaches the age of six. Additional benefits are granted for childbirth, adoption or multiple foster care of an amount that varies between 650 euros for two children and 1,200 euros for four or more children. In addition, a tax deduction of 300 euros is contemplated in the autonomous section of personal income tax for the birth or adoption of a child.
• Valencian Community: The Valencian Community has deductions of 250 euros for the birth or adoption of the second child.
  • If it is childbirth or multiple adoption, the aid is 205 euros. If children with disabilities are born, the aid amounts to 205 euros if it is the first child who suffers it and 255 euros if it is the second. In addition, the Generalitat Valenciana establishes a tax deduction of 400 euros per year for working mothers for each 4 and 5-year-old child.
• Extremadura: The aid will be from the birth or adoption of the second child. The aid will be 300 euros per month during the first year, 150 euros per month during the second and 100 euros per month during the third year.
• Galicia: The Xunta has established, in the autonomous section of personal income tax, deductions for birth or adoption, for children under 3 years of age and for large families. These deductions range between 300 euros and 800 euros.
• La Rioja: The Government of La Rioja offers deductions in personal income tax of 150 euros for the second child and 180 euros for the third or subsequent children. These amounts are raised by 60 euros in the case of multiple births. You can apply for a birth aid that will depend on the family income.
• Madrid: The Community of Madrid has put into operation the baby check, a single payment of 100 euros for each child born or adopted. In addition, it has a tax deduction for the birth or adoption of children that ranges between 600 and 900 euros.
• Murcia: Only offers help to large families when they have 6 children or more, and in the case of multiple births, when it comes to the birth of triplets.
• Navarra: The Government of Navarra offers a single payment of 2,503 euros per birth, provided that the baby is the third or second with a disability equal to or greater than 25 percent. The rest of the aid varies between 72.12 euros per month in the case of twins birth to 60 euros per month per child in the case of quintuplets or more.
• Basque Country: The aid for the first child consists of a single payment that depends on the income level of the family unit and that ranges between 400 and 900 euros. For the second child, regardless of income level, the Basque Government offers 1,100 euros the year of birth and 400 euros when the minor reaches 1 year of age. For the third and subsequent children, 1,100 euros are received per year until they are four years old and 400 euros until they are seven. Additional aid is also granted in the event of multiple birth and adoption.