This bonus must be paid until December 24, otherwise the employer may be sanctioned.
The Christmas bonus O thirteenth remuneration It is an item corresponding to one twelfth of the wages that the worker received between December 1 of last year and November 30 of this year.
The law of this bond was implemented in 1962 to benefit workers during Christmas. At first it was known as aguinaldo. During the presidency of Rodrigo Borja (1988-1992) it was called the Christmas bonus, to differentiate it from fourteenth salary, which was called the school bonus, and that is received in the Coast in March, and in the Sierra in September.
For the calculation of the thirteenth salary, it is taken into account Everything that the worker receives as remuneration, that is, everything that he receives in money, in services or in kind, including what he receives for extraordinary and supplementary work, piecework, commissions, participation in benefits, the individual contribution to the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) when assumed by the employer, or any other remuneration that is normal in the industry or service.
The legal percentage of profits, the monthly payment of the reserve fund, the per diem or occasional subsidies, the thirteenth and fourteenth salaries, the economic compensation for the living wage, salary components in the process of incorporation into the salaries, and the benefit are excepted. that represent the services of social order.
For example, if a citizen receives only the basic salary per month -without any other benefits-, in December he must add his last 12 salaries ($ 400 from December 2020 to November 2021); the sum will give you $ 4,800. That number will have to be divided by 12. What you will receive as your thirteenth salary will be $ 400.
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GIVEN: If the worker does not complete the year established for the payment of this salary, he has the right to receive a proportional amount for the period of time he was in the company.
This bonus must be paid until December 24, as established in article 111 of the Labor Code.
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If the worker does not receive his thirteenth the employer can be sanctioned by the Ministry of Labor. You can also file a complaint with a labor judge for the non-compliance. (I)
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