- What’s the new $100,000 bonus for retail associates?
- How the $60,000 bonus is paid
Commercial employees receive a total supplement of $ 100,000 according to the agreement signed between FAECyS and the economic chambers of the sector between December and March free of charge.
It should be noted that the new amount does not change anything Salary tables currently and will not be integrated into the base until April 2026.
The agreement, which affects more than 1.2 million workers across the country, is part of the joint review aimed at maintaining purchasing power in the context of the pending reshuffle of the private sector.
What’s the new $100,000 bonus for retail associates?
As agreed, the workers They will receive an additional $100,000 per month until March 2026:
- $60,000: monthly non-pay bonus (December, January, February and March).
- 40,000 US dollars: previously agreed, non-remunerative fixed amount.
He $60,000 bonus It cannot be accumulated but will be included in the base in April. Until then, both amounts will be paid extraordinarily without the current tariffs changing.
The economic chambers announced that salary negotiations will resume in March, with new percentages and fixed amounts being assessed based on the economic conditions of the first quarter.
How the $60,000 bonus is paid
The agreement stipulates that the $60,000 will be paid monthly and directly from December through March. At this point the amount will be integrated into the base amount at the time of the update.
The fixed amount of $40,000, which is also non-remunerative, will remain in effect until March. In total, each employee will receive a monthly supplement of $100,000, which represents partial relief in an inflation scenario and with salaries not yet verified.
CAME confirmed that the update was agreed due to “the economic fluctuations of the last quarter” and stressed the need to preserve the activity and sustainability of SMEs in the sector.
Bonus: what is included and how much commercial employees earn
When calculating the Additional annual salary (SAC) only the usual remuneration is taken into account. Hence the $60,000 bonus It is not included because it is not of a paid nature. For example, for Administrative A with a base amount of $1,057,199, the estimated bonus is $528,599
The amount corresponds to the effective semester salary without taking into account the extraordinary bonus. Each company must apply the comparison criteria in accordance with the current collective agreement and respect the agreements both in the joint meeting in June and in this final review.
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