Government authorizes the delivery of an economic bonus for formal workers of the public and private sector who earn less than S / 2,000

The government approved Emergency Decree No. 105-2021 that authorizes the issuance of an economic bond of S / 210 in favor of formal workers in the private and public sectors. The rule, published this Sunday the 14th, seeks, as indicated, the “revitalization and reactivation of the national economy”.

“The global economic recovery, among other supply factors, has generated increases in the prices of important products within the basic basket, significantly affecting the salaries of formal workers in real terms, especially those with low income levels, since power purchasing power of the same, so far in 2021, has stagnated with respect to the levels recorded prior to the pandemic”, Indicates the Signed Decree made official through a publication in the official newspaper El Peruano.

Likewise, the norm establishes that the amount of the extraordinary bonus corresponds to S / 210 and that each beneficiary worker receives a single extraordinary bonus.

“It is necessary to establish extraordinary and urgent measures, in economic and financial matters, that imply a compensatory mechanism in formal workers with lower incomes, so that, through the expansion of demand and consumption, it contributes to the revitalization and reactivation of the national economy; Therefore, it is considered necessary to grant an extraordinary bonus in favor of formal personnel from the private sector and public sector entities, with lower incomes”, Says the norm.

In this sense, it is pointed out that the amount of the extraordinary bonus received by the worker does not alter the amount of the labor remuneration received, “as well as the declaration, calculation and payment of labor benefits, taxes, contributions or contributions provided for in the legal system”.

The requirements that the formal worker must meet to be considered a beneficiary are the following:

1. Work and be registered, duly with your National Identity Document, in the electronic worksheet of an employer in the private sector in the months of July, August or September 2021.

2. Receive a gross monthly salary greater than zero and up to S / 2,000 in the period that they were working.

3. Not belonging to the labor training modalities or being a pensioner.

3.2. For the verification of these requirements, the information from the Electronic Return declared as a type of private administration is used, under the responsibility of the employer, excluding entities from the non-financial public sector and the public gfinancial sector provided by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.