Final pay when a domestic worker resigns in Spain (2026)
If it is the worker who leaves, she is owed the full settlement — salary for the days worked, pro-rata extra payments and untaken holiday — but no severance and no unemployment benefit. Work it out here with your own dates and salary.
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THE ESSENTIALS
What is owed when a domestic worker leaves
When the worker decides to end the relationship, the contract ends by resignation (Workers' Statute, art. 49.1.d). There is no severance, but the settlement is paid in full: the salary for the days worked in the last month, the pro-rata share of the extra payments if they are not prorated, and the holiday accrued in the year and not taken.
Notice is whatever collective agreements or local custom set, and domestic service has no collective agreement: 15 days is the usual practice, not a statutory figure. If the worker gives no notice, the employer may only deduct the missing days from the settlement with a written agreement or a proven custom, which is why the calculator does not quantify them.
Resignation is not a legal unemployment situation, so it gives no right to unemployment benefit; the contributed days are not lost and count towards a future claim. The family must file the Social Security deregistration within 6 calendar days of the effective date, and the worker has one year to claim the settlement amounts (ET art. 59.2).
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2026 figures from the BOE
What you have to pay
Breakdown of the final settlement by item, with the gross amount of each
Item
Amount
September salary (30 days)30 days × €47.48/day
€1,424.50
Untaken holidays (22.44 days)22.44 days × €47.48/day
€1,065.53
Severance (resignation: none due)
€0.00
Total to pay (gross)€2,490.03
Gross amounts. The worker's contribution is deducted from the salary items (salary, extra pay, holiday and notice): 6.40% on an indefinite contract and 6.45% on a temporary one. Severance does not contribute.
How the severance is worked out
This reason carries no severance, but the settlement still has to be paid.
Holiday
Accrued this year
22.44 days
Already taken
0 days
Still outstanding
22.44 days
Paid in the settlement
€1,065.53
Notice period
This reason requires no notice period, so there are no extra days to pay.
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What to do now
The steps that are on you, with their deadlines.
File the Social Security deregistration within 6 calendar days of the effective date.
This termination does not give access to unemployment benefit.
Get the settlement receipt signed in duplicate. If the worker signs 'no conforme', the payment stands and she keeps the right to claim the amounts for one year (ET art. 59.2); if she also challenges a dismissal, that deadline is 20 working days (ET art. 59.3).
Small print worth reading
Resignation: no severance and no unemployment benefit. Notice is 'as customary': 15 days is the usual practice, not a statutory figure, and it is not quantified here (ET art. 49.1.d).
The worker's contributions (6.40% indefinite / 6.45% temporary) are deducted from the salary items (salary, extra payments, holidays, notice), not from the severance.
Untaken holidays paid on termination are contributed separately, as additional registration days (LGSS art. 147.1).
Notify the TGSS of the termination within 6 calendar days (RD 643/2026).
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Resignation
No severance, no unemployment benefit
The worker decides to leave. The contract ends by her own will.
No severance and no unemployment benefit, but the settlement is still due: month's salary, pro-rata extra payments and untaken holiday.
ET art. 49.1.d: the contract ends by the worker's resignation, giving the notice set by collective agreements or local custom. Domestic service has no collective agreement, so notice is 'as customary': 15 days is the usual practice, not a statutory figure, which is why this calculator does not quantify it. If no notice is given, the employer may deduct the missing days from the settlement, but only with a written agreement or a proven custom. Resignation is not a legal unemployment situation (LGSS art. 267), so no benefit is paid; if the worker takes another job and that one ends, the earlier contributed days still count.
The full settlement; the only thing resignation rules out is severance. It covers the salary for the days worked in the last month, the pro-rata share of the extra payments if they are paid separately in June and December (if they are prorated, they have already been collected month by month) and the holiday accrued in the year and not taken. If she works by the hour at a rate that already includes extra pay and holiday, those two items are not settled separately.
How much notice must she give, and what if she gives none?
Whatever collective agreements or local custom set (ET art. 49.1.d). Domestic service has no collective agreement, so custom rules: 15 days is the usual practice, not a statutory figure. If she gives no notice, the employer may only deduct the missing days from the settlement with a written agreement or a proven custom; without one, the settlement is paid in full.
Can she claim unemployment benefit after leaving?
Not for this termination: leaving voluntarily is not a legal unemployment situation (LGSS art. 267). Her contributed days are not lost, though: if a later job ends in a legal unemployment situation, they count towards the benefit, which requires 360 days contributed in the previous six years.
What paperwork does the family need?
The Social Security deregistration, within 6 calendar days of the effective date, and the settlement receipt signed in duplicate. It is also wise to record the resignation with an acknowledgement of receipt: the calculator generates the receipt and the acknowledgement as free PDFs. If the worker signs the receipt 'no conforme', the payment still stands and she keeps one year to claim the amounts (ET art. 59.2).
