Many young university students and Vocational Training students enter the world of work through a Practice period. Collaboration on a business project provides essential knowledge of the tasks and functions of the position. On the other hand, it also provides the appropriate context to develop skills, work as a team or encourage collaboration with colleagues. Completing an internship, on the other hand, complements the training and data on the curriculum.
Well, it should be noted that there is a very important novelty in relation to carrying out professional internships starting in 2024: scholarship recipients must be registered with social security. It represents a very important advance in relation to the specific conditions of this type of collaboration. since it provides a higher level of protection. And, on the other hand, the price is a value that influences the long term.
A very important change in paid and unpaid internships
The contribution is important at any time in one's working life, but it takes on a more immediate meaning when the professional approaches the retirement stage. And, at that moment, you begin to put into perspective how many years you have worked and what pension you are entitled to.. Well, the fact that the scholarship recipients are registered with social security represents a very relevant advance in relation to this point. Simply put, the internship period is added to the contribution achieved from other years worked.
It is worth clarifying that the information we refer to not only applies to those students who carry out paid internships, but that the measure also benefits those who carry out unpaid internships. Collaboration between companies and training centers is key today. Vocational Training centers and universities are a reference in the field of innovation, talent and learning. That is to say, in their classrooms they learn every year new classes of students who prepare to face their working career with a specific specialization. And collaboration with companies through internship periods is a very important step in the academic stage because of what it represents in terms of evolution, knowledge, personal development and skills.
From now on, companies must take into account that interns must be registered with social security. An aspect that involves those students who participate in specialized programs. On the other hand, it is advisable to clarify who is responsible for assuming the cost of the new measure. in the context of training practices. If these are unpaid internships, it is the entity in which the student carries out their collaboration that must take charge of this matter. On the contrary, if it is a paid internship, the data is integrated into the training program itself (and is aligned with the institution that finances it).
What is an internship agreement and how is it related to this measure?
Consequently, the fact that the scholarship recipients are registered with social security represents an advance that mainly benefits those students who participate in work practice agreements (who are benefited by the new law). When an agreement of this type is established, an employment relationship with the company is not developed, but rather it is an experience that enhances training and learning.
The internship agreement involves three very important parties: the academic institution, the student and the company. Since January 2024, there is a new condition that involves university students and students pursuing Vocational Training studies: professional scholarship holders must be registered with social security.