The Council of Ministers has given the go-ahead to a credit supplement in the accounts of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) amounting to 111.6 million euros, in order to cover the expenses of the Vocational Training System for Employment corresponding to the 2026 fiscal year.
The SEPE, an autonomous body attached to the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, has processed this expansion in the budget item using the following justification: "For payment of Social Security contributions, grants and bonuses. Financing of bonuses in Social Security contributions for training of workers, including obligations from previous fiscal years".
According to the explanatory report, companies benefit from this policy through a reduction in their Social Security contributions. For this reason, the SEPE must transfer to the General Treasury of the Social Security (TGSS) an amount equivalent to the shortfall in contribution income.
The TGSS sends the supporting documentation with an approximate delay of three months. Thus, in the 2026 fiscal year, the expenses corresponding to October, November and December 2025 are recorded, in addition to those from January to September 2026.
The expenditure associated with the last three months of 2025 amounted to 149 million euros and, between January and July 2026, including adjustments, 424 million euros have been accounted for. In this way, the total accumulated amount stands at 573 million euros.
For the months of August and September, an additional disbursement of 88 million euros is estimated, which would place the total expenditure charged to 2026 at 661 million euros.
Against an initial budget of 550 million euros in this application, the calculated need rises to 111.7 million euros. That difference is what is now covered with the credit supplement approved by the Government.