Third, a more balanced distribution of unpaid work at home ensures an equal sharing of the burden of child care tasks (Huerta et al., Annual gross earnings are usually divided into 14 equal monthly instalments of which 12 correspond to current monthly payments and the other 2 to holiday and Christmas bonuses. Maximum of EUR 2 920 for singles and EUR 5 840 for couples, with an additional EUR 1460 from three children onwards.