With the mega long holiday (which ends tomorrow) and domestic staff day (which is celebrated on Wednesday, April 3), if Casas Particular employees are called to work
they will, in some cases, earn extra money.
That will depend on the day. How is it paid?
To know what and how to pay, it is first necessary to clarify between
a non-working day
and
a national holiday.
In the first case, it is up to the employer to decide whether or not to give the leave, since it is optional. But if the workers are called
, they will receive the simple salary
.
If, on the other hand, it is a national holiday and the employee is called to work, the employer
must pay double for that day.
In the case of this six-day mega holiday (plus one for domestic workers, on April 3), another variant opens up. On national holidays (Friday, March 29 and Tuesday, April 2), private home workers
have the right not to work.
If they do not work,
they will be paid for the day as they would for completing their usual day,
regardless of whether they perform “hourly” or “non-retirement” tasks.
If, however, they are called to work, the employer must "
pay them with a 100% surcharge
," according to the AFIP on its website.
What happens with the April 3 holiday?
Through Resolution No. 3/2015, April 3 of each year was set as “Private Home Staff Day.”
This day, despite the fact that it is considered non-working,
as clarified by the AFIP on its website, in the case of "providing tasks, your remuneration is increased
with a surcharge equivalent to 100% of the daily salary
. "
That is, the same logic applies as for a holiday.
This date was defined by the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of the Nation, in commemoration of the date on which Law number 26844, better
known as the Work in Private Homes Law, was definitively promulgated in 2013.
Domestic workers: how they get paid in April 2024
With this last adjustment, employees who are paid monthly have already received the 20% planned for February (in March),
and will now receive the remaining 15%.
With the last two increases, and according to provisional data, in April they will charge per hour and per month depending on the category:
Fifth category:
with withdrawal, the hour in the third month of the year will be $1954.77. Without withdrawal, the value of the hour will be $2,108.64.
Fourth category:
with withdrawal, the hour will be $2,108.64, and without withdrawal, $2,357.73.
Third category
: $2,108.64 per hour.
Second category:
$2,232.15 with withdrawal; and $2,447.43 without withdrawal.
First category:
$2,357.73 with withdrawal, and $2,582.67 without withdrawal.
Per month, the salaries of domestic employees will be:
Personnel for general tasks:
with retirement, $239,786, and without retirement, $266,639.46 in April.
Personal care:
with retirement, $266,639.47 in April; and without withdrawal, at $297,141.6.
Homemade
: $266,639.46 in April.
Person for specific tasks
: with retirement, $273,291.06 in April. Without withdrawal, $304,219.62.
Supervisors
: with retirement, $294,160.11. And for those without withdrawal, $327,660.99 in April.
When do they meet to renegotiate a salary increase?
The account of what employers will pay for the month of April is momentary given that on the 17th of this month they will meet again in the Commission
to review new increases for April and May
, as explained to Clarín from the union.
So, for those who pay hourly, they will do so until the middle of the month at the current value, and then they will have to adjust if an agreement is reached.
Last month - after a meeting between the National Commission for Work in Private Homes (CNTCP) and the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security - a new parity of 35% was defined to be paid in two installments, an increase of 20% in February and another 15% increase in March. The novelty is that, for the first time, the union managed to make the increase cumulative, so the real increase will be 38%.
What are the additional payments received by employees of private homes?
Domestic workers add some extra money when they work in unfavorable areas. In addition, they receive a salary supplement for “seniority”, equivalent to 1% for each year of seniority of the worker in their employment relationship, on their monthly salaries.
This additional is paid monthly starting September 1, 2021. The service time, for the purposes of this seniority additional, began to be computed as of September 1, 2020, without retroactive effect.
Current legislation also indicates that workers must be paid an additional amount per unfavorable area equivalent to 30% of the minimum wages established for each of the categories with respect to personnel who perform tasks in the provinces of La Pampa, Rio Negro, Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, or in the Patagones District of the Province of Buenos Aires.
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