The Government studies that the Women's Social Service of the Franco regime computes for early retirement
The Secretary of State for Social Security will study a possible modification of the General Law of Social Security to equate the Social Service of the Women's Section and the Military Service in order to reach the contribution period that allows the recognition of early retirement. At present, the time of military service or substitute social benefit computes in order to cover the periods of 33 and 35 years of contribution required for the modalities of early retirement and for the 33 of partial retirement but is not considered as quoted for accredit the fifteen-year period that, in general, is required to access ordinary retirement.
Last November, the Ombudsman admitted the complaint of a woman who questioned that the time dedicated to compulsory benefit in the Women's Social Service had not been counted to prove the minimum contribution period required to access early and partial retirement, and exposed her disagreement with the rule when considering it discriminatory. In its written response to the institution headed by Francisco Fernández Marugán, the Administration has informed that, at the time possible, it will carry out the aforementioned study for, according to the characteristics of the Female Social Service, compute said period in the same cases and with the same requirements that the legal system contemplates with respect to the calculation of the period of provision of compulsory military service or of the substitute social benefit.
Between 1937 and 1978, many women between the ages of 17 and 35 were forced to perform this service since it was an indispensable requirement to take part in competitions and competitions, obtain academic degrees, access a paid job, join a association, obtain a passport or driving license. In spite of this, the Social Security Law does not recognize any effect at the time that women dedicated to this service and, however, in the case of men, military service or substitute benefit is considered for the purpose of calculating time worked. In recent years, some courts have already recognized that both services must be matched given the similarity they had. For this reason, the Ombudsman requested information from the Secretary of State for Social Security about the possibility of modifying the Social Security Law to match both benefits. Fernández Marugán has valued today positively the initiative to study a possible change in the law.
