The professional duties At the end of the year, activate a specific billing scheme for the domestic service sector this month. Employers are obliged to pay second installment of the annual additional salary (SAC) and must take into account the impact of the last joint agreement on the calculation basis. This process includes a percentage increase in the base salary and an extraordinary fixed amount, elements that modify the salary Final amount to be received from the staff before Christmas.
The Labor Contract Law sets precise deadlines for the recognition of this concept. The current regulations specify this The official date is Thursday, December 18th for the payment of the second bonus installment. This provision is intended to ensure the availability of funds ahead of the end-of-year celebrations.
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The legislation provides for some operational flexibility for employers. There is a tolerance period of four working days after the agreed date. The maximum time allowed by law for implementation Bank transfer or cash payment will be extended until Wednesday December 24th.
The height of the SAC corresponds 50 percent of the highest monthly salary earned for any reason within the semester. For this specific billing, the period between July and December 2025 is taken into account. The employer must identify them Month in which the salary was highest and divide this number by two.
The situation changes if the provision of services did not extend over the entire semester. The mathematical formula for these cases consists of Divide the monthly salary by 12 and multiply the result by the number of months in which work activity took place. For example, with a salary of 100,000 pesos and six months of work, the calculation is (100,000/12) x 6, which gives a total of 50,000 pesos.
The joint agreement defined a additional economic strengthening for the last months of the year and the beginning of 2026. This is a free amount that the employer must pay in three consecutive installments: November, December and January. The amount varies depending on the employee’s weekly workload:
This supplement is not part of the basic salary and is only paid once in the specified months.
Although the publication of the final official grid is still pending, the calculations of THE NATION Based on September, they predict the following Basic amounts are collected in January (for monthly workers) or in December (for daily workers):
General tasks staff: This category includes the provision of cleaning, washing, ironing, maintenance, meal preparation and cooking.
Help and care for people: It includes non-therapeutic help and care for people such as: sick people, people with disabilities, children, young people, older adults.
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Homemade: Personnel who, on the basis of the employment contract, carry out tasks related to the general care and maintenance of the apartment in which they live.
Personnel for specific tasks: This includes cooks who are hired exclusively to carry out these jobs, as well as any other household tasks that require special aptitude.
Supervision: These are the personnel responsible for coordinating and controlling the tasks carried out by two or more people subordinate to them.
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