People who request the retirement pension must take into account all possible variables when it comes to obtaining the highest possible amount. One of the ways to do this is with the supplement for reducing the gender gap, although not everyone can benefit from it and it is aid focused mainly on women.
The Social Security has recalled that, when requesting the retirement pension, it is necessary to request said supplement at the same time, provided that one has the right to receive it.
The organization reports that, in principle, it is aimed at women, who suffer more in their working lives from the impact of having a child. Despite this, if there are demonstrable indications that the most affected member of the family unit was the father, it will be granted to him. In the event that neither of them had stopped contributing in that period and no detrimental effects were discovered in professional matters, the supplement will always go to the woman, and if it is a union of two women, the one who has a smaller pension.
In any case, those persons who do not have parental authority after a sentence for non-compliance with the duties inherent to it or due to a criminal or matrimonial sentence will not be able to receive it. Nor to the father who has been convicted of gender violence against the mother or to the father or mother who has been convicted of ill-treatment of the son or daughter.
The amount of the supplement for gender gap
The amount of this aid is 378 euros per year per child, with a maximum of four. It is paid in 14 payments, like the retirement pension, so that for each child there will be 27 euros more per month, with a maximum of 108 extra euros per month. This amount will be revalued along with the pensions, from year to year, and will also be received even if the pensioner is entitled to the maximum pension. In addition, it will not be taken into account for the calculation of the income of people with pensions with minimum supplements.
Requirements for the gender gap supplement
Women have to prove the right to a contributory retirement pension and that, in the event that the father is also professionally harmed by paternity, that his pension is less.
Men, for their part, must meet requirements based on the birth of their children:
-If they were before 1995, they must prove more than 120 days without contributions between the nine months prior to the birth and the three years after, in addition to a pension amount lower than that of the woman.
-If they were from 1995, they must prove that the sum of the contribution bases for the 24 months after the birth are at least 15% lower than those for the 24 months prior to the birth, in addition to having a pension of a lower amount to that of the woman.
What pensions is this supplement valid for?
This supplement is applied to contributory retirement, widowhood and permanent disability pensions. In cases of partial retirement, it will only apply when the right to full retirement is created.