The extraordinary Council of Ministers today approved a recoverable paid leave between Monday, March 30 and Thursday, April 9, which will not apply to employees included in temporary employment regulation (ERTE) files, to those who are low, or those who telework.
The Government spokeswoman and Finance Minister, María Jesús Montero, explained at the press conference after the Extraordinary Council that the objective of This measure is to reduce mobility to the level of a weekend of confinement.
This permit, advanced yesterday by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, represents a “tightening of confinement measures” To reduce virus transmission, the spokesperson added, and take advantage of the “small margin” of reduced mobility.
Thus, this recoverable paid leave, paid by the employer, although the employee will have to recover the hours when he returns to work, it will apply to all workers who are not currently serving in essential activities in the public and private sectors.
However, it will not apply to workers affected by ERTE, who no longer go to work, those who carry out their activity in the teleworking modality, nor those who are on sick leave due to temporary disability or maternity or paternity leave.
The stoppage of non-essential activities It starts tomorrow, March 30, and will end on April 9.
Essential Activities List
The extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting this Sunday has approved the cessation of non-essential activities from this Monday, March 30, and until at least next Thursday, April 9, both inclusive, to stop the spread of COVID-19, through a recoverable paid leave, so that workers will not lose their wages but will have to recover hours after the state of alarm.
The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Saturday that all non-essential activities workers should stay home for the next two weeks, as Cadena SER announced, and they will receive a recoverable paid leave. This means that from next Monday, March 30 to Thursday, April 9 All workers in activities considered non-essential should not go to their workplace.
According to the royal decree that the Council of Ministers has approved, and to which the Cadena SER has had access, that permit will not be applicable to the following workers that you will see at this link.
Evolution of cases in Spain
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