LACCs turn to self-employed status and begin to cover their social security contributions during the first two months of sick leave.

At least two regional governments have already committed to taking responsibility for the payment of these social contributions the first two months during which the self-employed are on sick leave. And according to sources close to these negotiations, soon other regions will join them.

This is support that sources in this group consider essential. During the first 60 days of leave for routine unforeseen circumstances (i.e. illness or non-work accident), It is the self-employed themselves who must pay their social security contributions even though they have no income.. The mutual is only responsible for paying them from the 61st day.

The last to take this step was the government of Cantabria. The Regional Executive will cover the contributions of self-employed workers during the first two of their sick leave in the event of serious illness.

This is a measure that was suggested by the president of the Association of Independent Workers (ATA), Lorenzo Love. Its objective is to “relieve” the fixed costs of the self-employed worker during their period of sick leave.

The Canary Islands announced a similar initiative in October. It will also cover the costs of the first two months of self-employed workers experiencing temporary incapacity.

The initiative is part of a strategy by the Regional Executive aimed at reducing the tax burden on self-employed workers. “We’ve all heard that a self-employed person can’t get sick because they have to keep paying costs; we want this to change“, said Manuel Domínguez, Vice President of the Canary Islands and Minister of Economy, Industry, Commerce and Self-Employed Workers.

If the election poll predictions come true, the same thing will happen in Extremadura. María Guardiola’s Popular Party has pledged to cover the costs of self-employed workers for the first 60 days of medical leave if it wins the election.

According to sources from independent groups, More and more regions are considering making this decision.

In the meantime, and as this newspaper has already reported, we know nothing about the reform of self-employed quotas that the Ministry of Social Security negotiated with its associations.

The end of the year is approaching and everything indicates that There will be an extension of the amounts paid in 2025.

However, this extension should be consolidated in a royal decree. What is expected is that this is one of the measures included in the usual program royal decree broom of the end of the year. However, Saiz’s team is yet to give any hints regarding this.