Spain creates jobless benefit system for artists, cultural workers

The government estimates around 70,000 people in Spain will qualify for the special unemployment aid, which has long been called for by cultural workers. Photo: AFP

Spain's government approved recently the creation of a special unemployment benefit system for actors, musicians and other culture sector workers designed to protect them in the downtime between jobs.

To qualify an actor will have to have worked for at least 60 days in the previous 18 months - a far shorter period than needed for the "regular" jobless benefit granted to workers in other sectors.