Domestic workers: what the salaries will be like after the salary contract

The National Commission for Work in Private Homes has reached a salary contract for domestic staff which will begin to govern in August and which is scheduled for a review in November. The agreement proposes increases in four tranches on the salary of June 2022.

For female workers in the fifth category, for example because it is the majority sector, the increase will be in four sections.

The salary scale, therefore, would be with this scheme:

$ 48,524 in August

$ 52,531 in September

$ 56,537 in October

$ 60,544 in November

The other categories will receive increases in the same proportion.

The National Commission for Work in Private Homes It is the regulatory body of this legal regime and is composed of representatives of workers, employers and the Ministries of Economy, Social Development and Labor, which exercises its presidency and is in charge of technical support and administrative.

Domestic staff had received a salary increase in three installments, 6% in April, 9% in May and 15% in Juneor, with a review clause for the month of August 2022 following the meeting of the Salary Board.

Government, business and trade union representatives agreed last week on a vital and mobile minimum wage increase of 21% in three sections, with which the new wage threshold will reach $ 57,900 in November, when the parties meet again. to review the increase and possibly agree on another update based on the evolution of inflation.

salary negotiation started last Thursday in a meeting that took place at the headquarters of the portfolio led by Claudio Moroni. Given the lack of agreement, the officials decided to go to an intermediate room. And it was finally fixed today.

It is estimated that this will affect, approximately, the income of 1,300,000 workers.

The additional for seniority is added to the agreed amounts, which is equal to one percent for each year in which the employment relationship was maintained. This surcharge is paid monthly from September 1, 2021 and on the service time starts counting from 1 September 2020, without retroactive effect.