Cese de actividad (self-employed unemployment benefit)
Cese de actividad is the benefit covering self-employed workers forced to shut down, roughly the unemployment benefit for autónomos. It is managed by the mutua (a social security partner insurer) and the requirements are demanding: at least 12 consecutive months of contributions for this contingency, plus documented proof of why you had to stop (losses, foreclosures, loss of license, or other listed causes).
It is funded by the 0.9% cessation-of-activity rate already included in your monthly self-employed quota. Simply deregistering because business is slow is not enough: you must document the cause before the mutua, and the benefit's duration depends on how long you contributed.
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