Domestic workers will have a salary increase of 20% in February to which a further increase of 15% will be added in Marchas reported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security through a press release.
As reported Clarion Last week, the meeting to define the new salaries in the sector was scheduled for yesterday.
It’s the first increase of the year: The previous increase was 34% in September 2023 and was paid in three installments.
With that percentage Over the year, private workers accrued a 154% wage increase against inflation of 211.4%.
The increases were agreed at a meeting between Labor Portfolio Chief Omar Yasin and the National Commission for Employment in Private Housing. And the agreement came after the government increased the minimum wage applicable to workers generally.
“The Commission reached this agreement following the announcement of the update of the minimum, living and mobile wage, which will be based $180,000 in February and $202,800 in March”, said the Minister of Labor.
How much will the waitresses earn?
With this increase, here’s what the industry categories will look like from February:
Staff for general tasks without retirement: $1,699 per hour and $208,509 per month.
Staff for general duties with retirement: $1,833.60 and $231,860.40.
Assistance and care for retired people: time $1,833.60 and the month $231,860.40;
Assistance and care of people without pensions: $2,050.20 and $258,384;
Homemade: $1,833.60 and $231,860.40;
Staff with specific tasks without retirement: $2,128.20 AND $264,538.80;
Staff for specific tasks with retirement: $1,941 the time and $237,644.40 month;
Retired supervisors: $2,050.20 the time and $255,791.40 month.
Supervisors without retirement: $2,245.80 and $284,922.60;
Additional payments
Domestic workers add something extra when they work at home unfavorable areas. Furthermore, they receive an additional “seniority” salary, equal to 1% for each year of seniority of the worker in the employment relationship, on the monthly salary.
This additional amount is paid monthly starting from 1 September 2021. The service time, for the purposes of this additional seniority, begins to be calculated starting from 1 September 2020, without retroactive effect.
Current legislation also provides that workers must be paid an additional amount per unfavorable area equal to 30% of the minimum wage established for each of the categories compared to personnel carrying out tasks in the provinces of La Pampa, Rio Negro, Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz , Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, or in the Patagones District of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Elimination of sanctions
The arrival of Javier Milei as president has brought some changes, in January for example the DNU published 360 articles contemplating some changes, for example there is one that directly affects domestic employees.
DNU 70/2023 published in the Official Journal repealed article 50 of law 26.844 on the special regime of employment contracts for staff in private homes. This eliminates sanctions imposed due to failure to register work, illegal work or poor registration.
Translated for Casas Particulares employees it means that they will stop collecting that fine or whatever they usually call it double compensation. “As for the regular worker, it eliminates the aggravation of the liquidation,” the tax official, Sebastián Domínguez, explained to Clarín.
“The regime of the law on private home workers is 26,844 and article 50 establishes the doubling of seniority in cases of poor or non-registration, i.e. illegal work”, coincidentally, Dr. Silvana Iudkovsky. And she continued: “What Article 50 established is what is called compensatory aggravation. This new decree would eliminate them.”
“The intention, if you read the other articles of the decree, is to eliminate fines for having black workers or for having registered them inadequately,” the specialist explained to Clarín weeks ago. And I add: “I think they are looking for simplification, but not promotion of illegal work.”
Source: Clarin
