Home Employee Preventive Training Certification: What Changes in 2026

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If you have a home employee, someone who cares for an elderly family member, or you hire someone for domestic service, this regulation directly affects you. SEPE has published the Resolution of May 8, 2026 that creates an official system for home workers to accredit their training in occupational risk prevention, a right that this group has historically not had equivalent to other workers.

The regulation responds to the special nature of the domestic labor relationship, where risk prevention has its own characteristics differentiated from the usual business environment. Until now, there was no formal mechanism for recognizing this training for this group.

What does this regulation establish?

SEPE's resolution articulates three central elements for the family home sector:

• Self-assessment process: Home workers can evaluate their own level of training in preventive matters following the procedure defined in the resolution.
• Minimum required content: The regulation sets what subjects preventive training must cover to be valid and certifiable in the domestic service field.
• Official certification: Once the process is completed, the worker obtains a certification that formally accredits the training received, with official recognition.

The way to accredit the training received is also regulated, which provides legal coverage for both the worker and the employer who has provided that training.

This resolution represents progress in equalizing labor rights for a group historically unprotected in terms of risk prevention, where the obligations of the domestic employer have not always been clear nor have they had accreditation mechanisms equivalent to those in the rest of the labor market.

Economic and operational impact

The regulation does not establish direct costs or specific economic sanctions in the available summarized text. However, it has real operational implications for the three affected groups:

The most immediate operational impact falls on domestic employers, who must ensure that the preventive training they provide to their employees meets the minimum content defined by SEPE and can be formally accredited.

Who does it affect?

• Family home employees: Workers who provide domestic services within the framework of the special labor relationship of family home service. They are the direct beneficiaries of the new certification mechanism.
• Domestic employers: Individuals who hire home employees. They have the obligation to guarantee preventive training for their workers and now have a formal framework to accredit it.
• Home employment companies: Companies that hire domestic workers to assign them to homes. They must adapt their training and management processes to the new certification system.
• Placement agencies in the sector: Intermediaries that facilitate the hiring of home employees. They must take preventive certification into account in their selection and placement processes.

Practical example

A family that has hired a full-time home employee must ensure that this person has received training in risk prevention adapted to the home environment: handling cleaning products, fall prevention, emergency response, among other minimum content defined by the resolution.

Until now, this training could have been provided informally without any documentary support. With the new resolution, the employee can undergo SEPE's self-assessment process and obtain official certification that accredits that training. The employer, for their part, is covered by being able to demonstrate that they have complied with their obligation to guarantee preventive training.

For a placement agency that manages dozens of home employee profiles, this change means incorporating verification of preventive certification as part of the selection process and presentation of candidates to families.

What should employers do now?

1. Review whether your home employee has received preventive training that covers the minimum content defined by SEPE in this resolution. If not, you must provide it.
2. Document the training provided to be able to accredit compliance with the obligation to provide training in risk prevention in case of inspection or complaint.
3. Inform your home employee of the existence of SEPE's self-assessment and certification process so they can obtain their official accreditation.
4. If you are a placement agency or home employment company, update your selection protocols to include verification of preventive certification as a criterion in the intermediation process.
5. Consult the full text of the resolution in the BOE (BOE-A-2026-10584) to learn about the minimum required content and the exact procedure for self-assessment and certification.