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Companies affected by the bankruptcy of British tour operator Thomas Cook may temporarily defer Social Security payments to preserve employment, as the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has advanced this Saturday in Madrid.

After the celebration of the Federal Committee of the PSOE in Madrid, Torres has pointed out that the Treasury of the Social Security has transferred to the Canarian administration that the companies affected by bankruptcy may benefit from a deferral of payment to the Social Security for the term "of a year or a year and a half . "

Torres explained that this measure has been communicated to the employers and that this weekend they are working to have data on the number of companies affected, either in a way or indirectly, by bankruptcy.

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