This month of March, dependent employees will receive his fourteenth salary, annual bonus for workers. In this case, suitable only for employees in the Coastal and Island Regionsince Sierra and Amazon get it in the second month of the year.

The deadline by which employers will be able to pay fourteen It’s March 15th and it’s a single base fee, the equivalent of $400.

To determine this amount, it is calculated over the covered period from March 1 to February 28 every year in coastal and island areas. The value is obtained by calculating the proportionate single basic salary that applies to a full-time worker, taking into account the proportion of the day actually worked.

This allowance can also be received proportionally on a monthly basis if the employee so decides.

Who receives it

Payment is for workers in general, domestic workers and is provided for in Article 113 of the Labor Law as a method financial aid for the school regime.

The same benefit will also they receive pensioners from their employers, pensioners from the IESS, pensioners from the Military Insurance and the National Police. Workers who perform their activity for remote work to retain its right to receive both the thirteenth and fourteenth salary according to the valid calculation according to their shift.

Article 115 of the Labor Law establishes that operators and artisan apprentices are excluded from this bonus.

Pensioners can also choose to accumulate their tithes for these obligations: