Like various sectors of private activity, since January, all wages for domestic service workers have increased by 3%. This adjustment, which takes effect next month, is also accompanied, if applicable, by a premium for seniority that is a 0.5% increase per year worked, with a maximum of 5%.
How is this adjustment calculated to make the settlement correctly? There are two explanatory examples that are worth taking into account by employers so as not to make mistakes when making the settlement.
Example 1
The first example assumes the case of an employee who started working in July 2011 and who in January 2022 received a 5% seniority bonus.
As of December 31, 2022, the worker received a nominal monthly salary for 40 weekly hours of $23,000 including the seniority premium.
To make the new calculation, the net salary value must be determined, which in this case is $21,905, without the bonus.
Since last year it reached the top of 5% as a premium, this year it is the same again because it has reached that figure. So the calculation in January will be:
The corresponding contributions must then be discounted from that nominal value and it will be the same salary (if there are no extras or absences) until June 30. As of July 1 there will be another salary increase due to the adjustment of the new agreement plus the correction for inflation.
Example 2
A second example takes into account the case of an employee who started working in February 2018. Thus, in January 2023, she is entitled to receive a 2% premium for seniority corresponding to four years of activity.
As of December 31, he had a nominal salary of $14,540 for 25 hours a week, including the seniority bonus. In this case, the corresponding net salary must first be determined without taking into account the 1.5% of the premium generated by previous years, which would be $14,325. In this case the calculation would be:
The corresponding contributions will be deducted from that value and it will be the same salary (if there are no extras or absences) until June 30, since from July 1 there will be another salary increase, explains the League of Housewives, Consumers and Users.
minimum salary
The minimum wage in this activity is currently located at $25,541 for 44 weekly hours of work, and 25 monthly wages. And the value of the minimum award per hour at $134.4. Those will be the values that will be in force until next July when there will be another increase.
