The counselor of Employment, Business and Self-Employment, Rocío Blanco, detailed this Wednesday the new actions aimed at the group of self-employed workers that her department is implementing to reinforce the stability and continuity of business projects. Among the main novelties, she pointed out three unprecedented lines of support that will help with the payment of Social Security contributions during the second year of activity or in cases of temporary incapacity, in addition to a third measure that will give rise to the so-called "inverted flat rate" with the aim of facilitating generational change in businesses.
During her speech in the Employment commission of the Andalusian Parliament, reported by Europa Press, Blanco reviewed the support actions for self-employment promoted by the Junta in a context where Andalusia has reached a new record of self-employed workers, with 605,258 affiliates at the end of September, maintaining national leadership in the number of self-employed since May 2021.
As she explained, the advancement of this group has been contributed by specific measures to promote self-employment that the Ministry of Employment has been developing since 2019, which total more than 365 million euros in aid granted to almost 150,000 self-employed workers. These are articulated through instruments such as the Flat Rate and its extension, the Zero Rate, the Activity Start line, various calls from the Emplea-T Program or extraordinary plans against specific crises, in addition to the development of the Andalusian Strategic Plan for Self-Employment 2024-27 (PEATA) and aid for reconciling work and personal life and for associationism.
In this line, the counselor has announced that her department is finalizing new measures to further strengthen the support network for self-employment. In particular, new regulatory bases are being designed that will include a line of subsidies to help cover Social Security contributions during the second year of activity, as well as another line aimed at supporting the payment of the contribution of the holder in case of temporary incapacity, in order to reduce the economic impact of their leave and guarantee the viability and continuity of the activity.
The third line will be known as "inverted flat rate," with which the Ministry seeks to promote generational change, as it will provide support both to the self-employed person who transfers their business and to the one who decides to continue the activity. This formula will help finance the Social Security of the retiree and will establish a reinforced incentive for Starting Activity for the person who takes over the business.
These new tools will be added to the programs that the Ministry already has in place, among which the Zero Fee and the Start-up Aid stand out. The first is aimed at alleviating the costs involved in starting a self-employed activity, through the subsidy of the Social Security contributions paid by self-employed individuals benefiting from the reduced state fee. For its part, the second foresees economic aid ranging from 3,800 to 5,500 euros to help finance the start of a business or a professional activity.