A Social Security official warns that they are removing the childbirth and childcare benefit in these cases: "Your entire benefit will be extinguished."

The childbirth and childcare benefit is paid to workers who enjoy the legally granted rest periods in the case of births, adoptions, foster care for adoption, and foster care, but its collection always remains pending in accordance with the law.

Thus, in the event of non-compliance, Social Security may take action ex officio and suspend payment of the benefit, something that has already happened recently in some of the agency's offices.

This is what Alfonso Muñoz, a Social Security official, explains on his YouTube channel, warning that he has recently assisted several workers " who have lost their benefits simply because they worked ."

Muñoz reminds us that " the six weeks immediately following birth must be enjoyed uninterruptedly and full-time" , unlike the following ten weeks, which can be chosen "full-time or part-time, continuously or intermittently, for weekly periods and until the child reaches one year of age".

For this reason, the official warns that "during the first six weeks of the child's life, neither the father nor the mother can work and must remain in charge of the child's care, because voluntary and premature return to work means the termination of the benefit ."

Furthermore, the official warns that this termination does not occur "only for the period you are granted, but for the entire benefit." That is, " if you start working during the first six weeks, your entire benefit will be terminated ."

Muñoz acknowledges that he made the video "because I've had several cases where the father returned to work before the six weeks were up and lost all benefits." This is why he feels compelled to remind everyone that "the law is clear" and that "if you don't use the mandatory period, you won't be able to enjoy the voluntary period either."

"Because this isn't a grant or subsidy for the birth of a child, but rather a benefit or time off from work whose purpose is to allow both parents to enjoy and care for their child in the first months of life," the Social Security official states.