The Social security The Minister directs Elma Saiz has taken the first step for legal reform that will allow former football players as José Antonio Camacho either Javier Clemente Account For your pensions As years worked before 1980, when Royal Decree 2806/1979, of December 7, which establishes the Special Social Security regime of professional football players.
It must be remembered that the protection of professional players by Social Security began on January 1, 1980, leaving in Limbo the previous years. It is an old claim of the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE), which will benefit players like José Antonio Camacho, Miguel Reinagoalkeeper’s father Pepe Reinaor today again coach of Sevilla, Joaquín Caparrós.
But not only them. Other affected players, according to the AFE, are Juan Manuel Asensi, José Luis Sánchez Barrios, Angel María VillarFernando Zambrano, Andoni Goikoetxea, Onesimo Sánchez, Clemente Villaverde, Antonio Álvarez, Julio Alberto MorenoAbel Resino, Pedro Luis Jaro, Joaquín Sierra Vallejo Cinchona or Gerardo Movilla, among others.
The situation suffered by the former Real Madrid Camacho player, the rest of the players cited and their impact on pensions is as follows: until the Royal Decree 2806/1979 was published, the players were in a situation of Absolute helplessnesssince the mutuality of soccer players was only used to make basic medical awards.
On January 1, 1980, this decree entered into force, but had many deficiencies. For example, there was no issues such as transient work disability, partial permanent disability, retirement, unemployment benefit, specific coverage of work accidents, or occupational diseases.
Subsequently there was a legal change. Royal Decree 1006/85 regulated the special employment relationship of professional athletes but many players were considered as amateurs Despite being professionals. In this way they did not have certain labor rights, such as perceiving a pension or compensation for disability, denounces the AFE.
It was not until the entry into force of Royal Decree 2621/1986, the January 1, 1987, when All professional soccer players were equated As workers, recognizing all the benefits of which today they continue to enjoy.
Joaquín Caparrós, currently soccer coach.
Social Security recognizes in the letter of the legal reform that now begins that nothing will change, “it would maintain the precarious situation in which there is a group of professional players who exercised their activity before January 1, 1980 ».
According to the Ministry of Elma Saizthe objective of the new standard that will be approved is “to recognize as quoted to the General Social Security regime the periods during which Spanish professional players exercised their activity before January 1, 1980, being compulsoryly included in the mutuality of professional soccer players, as well as determining the conditions, procedure and effects of that recognition.”
Social Security has initiated the public consultation process of the norm, a prior step for the reform of the law. Termination until April 29 for those affected to make their contributions.
