What is SEPE?

Sure you have heard of SEPE more than once, but could you tell us what the acronyms correspond to? Do you really know what the function of this service is and what it can do for you?

If you went blank because you cannot set what is SEPE, cuales son sus funciones o la vinculación e relevance que tiene para ti, entonces esto que acabamos de elaborar te ayudará a conocer todo sobre esta figura.

What is SEPE

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SEPEs are the acronym of the Public Employment Service of the State, In other words, it is a body linked to the Ministry of Labor that is in charge of coordinating employment policies throughout Spain.

It has a state headquarters and 52 offices that are distributed throughout our country to inform, manage and control everything that has to do with employment. At the same time, it has many more face-to-face offices that are distributed throughout 50 provinces of Spain at the same time as Ceuta and Melilla.

Actually, it is feasible that you have continued calling the INEM for it, and you were not wrong. However, the Employment Law that was formulated in 2003 (and was reformulated in 2015), caused the former National Employment Institute (INEM) to change its name to the State Public Employment Service, which is now known as SEPE .

Who is SEPE's "target audience"

El SEPE es un servicio que debe ser por y para la sociedad. El problema es que la mayoría de las veces creemos que este organismo solo se encarga de las persons que quieren trabajo, pero nada más. Y no es así.

Actually, their "target audience" is much broader. Specifically:

• Unemployed or long-term unemployed employees who want a job possibility.
• Young people who are going to join the world of work.
• Empleados activos, ya be para responder consultas, para ofrecer capacitación, para administrar problemas laborales …
• Entrepreneurs. If you have an idea, you can go to the SEPE where they will inform you of competitions, scholarships or even alternatives to get in touch with other people who can make that business idea come true.
• Companies. Because through SEPE you can think about hiring staff for your business.

The functions of the SEPE

Now that you understand a little better what SEPE is, as well as the people it can help, it's time to find out what it does, both in general and more specifically.

In general, the mission of SEPE is «Contribute to the development of the employment policy, administer the unemployment protection system and ensure information on the world of work in order to obtain, with the collaboration of the Autonomous Public Employment Services and other agents in the labor field, the insertion and permanence in the working world of citizens and improvement of the human capital of companies ”. In other words, it consists of cover and satisfy the labor needs of the Spanish population.

To do this, you have several functions. These are:

Development of employment policies

The SEPE is the competent body in mind to analyze the world of work to present employment policies, or what is the same, to develop a form of action that benefits employment in the country.

Coordination with labor agents

By employment agent you must understand that they refer to companies, freelancers, workers and unions. All of them are related to working life and, therefore, must be coordinated so that there are no inequalities or preferential treatment in certain groups.

Coordination of Employment Offices of Autonomous Communities

Another aspect to coordinate (fundamentally so that there are rules and that these apply to everyone equally), is with the offices it has in the different autonomous communities, including Ceuta and Melilla.

Upgrade of data base

And what are databases? Well refers to the record kept of all employees that are registered in the country, as well as jobs, companies, ... The SEPE has access to these data, as well as to its own database.

As an example, the offices have databases of city employees, so if there is a job offer, candidates can be chosen to send to the company and they can conduct an interview to see if they get the job.

The link with Social Security

Perhaps this function is one of the most recognized, and the one most related to the SEPE. As we have talked about, he is in charge of labor supply and demand in Spain, but he is closely related to Social Security. Why?

• Offers educational training programs. The educational training programs serve so that the worker is more qualified and can opt for better job opportunities. Therefore, access more offers.
• Manage unemployment. When an employee is unemployed, the SEPE is the body in charge of recognizing the unemployment benefit, managing it and controlling it. Even after this, other types of aid can be determined for the unemployed while they find a new job.

How to contact the SEPE

If after reading all this you think that the SEPE can help you in connection with the world of work, either because you are looking for work, because you need employees, or because there are data related to work that are not very clear to you, knowing how to contact them is very important.

You should pay attention that the form of contact with the SEPE is very diverse. It's known that has more than 700 offices distributed in the 52 provinces of Spain and, therefore, you could go in person to any of their offices in search of guidance, answer questions, comment on benefits, etc. In some cases it is necessary that, for various reasons, an appointment is requested to avoid crowds or that they cannot help you as quickly as you require.

However, the face-to-face form is not the only one. They also have enabled telephone assistance services. Specific:

• A telephone to assist the citizen, 900 81 24 00. At the same time, each office also has a citizen service telephone number (another thing is that they take it away).
• A telephone to attend companies, 901 01 09 90, where doubts are answered and data can also be sent.
• In conclusion, I could join the SEPE mediante su portal Web, where you can access employment services, benefits, employment information, etc.