Since the beginning of the month, the workers of several companies have been paid additional wages for December. This is the thirteenth award, also known as the Christmas card or Christmas card.

The fee was introduced 61 years ago, exactly on November 26, 1962 during the government of Carlos Julio Arosemen Monroy.

Initially, it was intended for members of the “Commission Funds” – current social insurance -, then it was extended to all workers through “Law 68-010” published in the Official Register no. 41 of October 29, 1968, with the fact that the fourteenth compensation is created.

Since when is there a thirteenth salary that Ecuadorian employees receive?

The Siise portal states that this came into effect gradually for private workers (25% in 1962, 50% in 1963, 75% in 1964 and 100% starting in 1965), for civil servants it was effective from December 1963. and was paid in full starting in 1966.

Both the Public Service Act and the Labor Act determine the inclusion of this bonus. Article 97 of the Law establishes that this value can be assigned until December 20 to those covered by this legislation.

The thirteenth benefit corresponds to one twelfth of all benefits received during the year.

On the other hand, in the Labor Law, Article 111 determines the payment of workers until December 24 for those covered by this regulation.

There is another benefit that workers receive annually but on different dates depending on the regime they are in. This is the fourteenth salary paid in March on the Galapagos Coast and in August in the Sierra and Amazon and aims to help parents at the start of each school year.

Since 2015, monthly tithe payment. This procedure must be presented in writing to the employees in question during the first fifteen days of January, ie by January 15.