For a detailed list of entitling and non-entitling jobs, click here.
Please note, if you received an offer for a job that does not appear in that list or if you are not sure whether this job is a vital work or not, we advise you to check at the branch of the National Insurance Institute nearest your place of residence, if it is indeed a vital work prior to the start of employment. You can contact your branch via the website or through the *6050 call center.
Below is a list of work places that were recognized by law as giving eligibility for the grant:
Industrial plants and workshops
- Professional jobs on metal entitling to the grant: frames and welding, milling and engraving, electricity, mechanics, instruments and grinding.
- Professional jobs in clothing entitling to the grant: tailoring and sewing, cutting and leather sewing.
- Any unqualified job on industrial sites or in workshops give eligibility for the grant, such as unqualified manpower in construction, food and textile industries.
- Office work does not entitle to a grant.
Gas stations
- Any unqualified manpower gives eligibility for the grant.
- Office work does not entitle to a grant.
Construction sites
- Any job on a construction site gives eligibility for a grant.
- Office work does not entitle to a grant.
Hotels
- Table service, kitchen, maid services and unqualified manpower, including dishwashing and cleaning.
- Office work does not entitle to a grant.
Agricultural sites and packing houses
- Unqualified manpower on agricultural sites and in packing houses give you entitlement to the grant, including cleaning.
- Office work does not entitle to a grant.
Care for persons with disabilities
- Job consisting in providing care and personal assistance to persons with disabilities who live in their own home, under certain conditions, or reside in one of the establishments specified in the law.
- Those who worked in the field of help in performing daily actions, such as: dressing, bathing, eating, toileting, moving around at home, and so on, or in supervising the disabled to prevent any danger for themselves and others.
- Housekeeping at the disabled's home is not considered vital work.
Important!
Taking care of people with disabilities will not be recognized as a job if the caregiver is a family member (siblings, daughter, son, granddaughter, grandson, aunt, uncle and their spouses).