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The certificate of working life, or basically working life, is a document that reflects the period in which a person has been active, in other words, has been registered with Social Security and, therefore, has contributed. It is very valuable information to understand if an employee is entitled, for example, to unemployment benefit, retirement, etc. Applying for it has no cost at the same time as offering us different options from the face-to-face, online mode, requesting work life by free phone ...

It is about the latter that we intend to talk to you below since not everyone can have the Internet or has time to go to a face-to-face appointment with Social Security. So, if you want to know how to apply for work life by free phone, here we show you what you should do.

What is working life


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Work life, also called work life certificate or work life certificate, is an official document, issued by the Social Security Treasury, where everything related to the labor issue is compiled, in other words, contracts (high and low), disabilities, layoffs, situations assimilated to discharge ... of a person.

This document is personal and only the owner can request it since it contains private and unique information about that person.

What is working life for?

Work life is a document that has many uses. Actually, even though the most normal thing is that it is used to understand if a company has registered an employee, or to consult the contribution period that that person has regarding Social Security, the truth is that it is much more useful.

As an example:

Alternatives to request a working life


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Even though we intend to focus on teaching you how to apply to work life by toll free, we cannot avoid leaving you the other options you have to apply to work life. And it is that the Social Security offers you four alternatives to do it (counting the telephone route). These are:

  • For SMS.
  • Por Internet. Con tres modalidades: con datos de Username y sin certificado digital; con certificado digital o DNI electrónico; a través de PIN Cl @ ve.
  • In person at the offices of the General Treasury of Social Security.
  • By phone.

Each of them has peculiarities that must be met in order to achieve a working life. Actually, we have already discussed some of them previously, so they can serve as a guide if the telephone option does not work for you.

Ask about working life: toll-free


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Applying for work life via the toll-free phone is doable and can relieve stress. But you must pay attention that this is not immediate, in other words, it will take a while to get it, so if you need it urgently, the best thing is that you review the alternatives that we have given you before.

But if time is not an obstacle, then the steps you must follow to apply for a working life are the following:

Apply for work life by free phone: Call

The first, and most obvious, to apply for work life by free phone is to make a phone call. For this, the Social Security has enabled a number, which is 901502050. Now, it is a 901 that, as you already know, is not free, so it is recommended that, if you call, you do it with a fixed number at that cost less. However, there is an alternative.

And you can apply for working life by phone at 913878381. It is also free, but considering that we have unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles, it can be free if you use this second option.

Eso sí, recuerda que el horario de Customer Support del teléfono (tanto si llamas al primero como al segundo) es de 9 de la mañana a 7 de la tarde, y solo estará disponible de lunes a viernes. Los sábados, domingos y festivos no te atenderán.

Another aspect to pay attention is that applying for work life by phone is not in all provinces. As an example, in Álava, Alicante, Ávila, Barcelona, ​​Córdoba, Guipúzcoa, Granada, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Soria, Valencia and Vizcaya it is not feasible to obtain it from this dynamic.

Apply for work life by toll free: Choose option 4

When they answer the call, the most common is that you find a recording. When you listen to it, you will realize that you must select option 3 or 4 and, at that moment, you must provide all the information they ask for, such as your Social Security number, your ID or passport, address and postal code . Have everything at hand so that the call does not hang up and you have to start from scratch.

Choose the type of work life

Una vez que haya proporcionado los datos, tendrá que elegir qué tipo de reporte de vida laboral requiere. A modo de ejemplo, puedes seleccionar uno completo, con todo tu historial laboral, otro con rango de fechas u otros filters.

Wait for the report

The call will be over, and now you will only have to wait 1-2 weeks for your work life report to arrive at the address that Social Security has recorded. Does that mean that if I give another address it will not reach me? Well, probably not.

In reality, it is possible that when giving the data, if they see that these are not what they have in Social Security, they ask you to rectify the information they have about you, since, otherwise, they would send the report to the address they know.