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The payment of the Christmas bonus in Mexico was stipulated in article 87 of the Federal Labor Law of 1970.
37 percent of the labor force in Mexico does not have access to minimum legal benefits such as bonus payments.
The LFT mentions that the payment of the Christmas bonus must be “equivalent to fifteen days of salary, at least”.
Social networks have facilitated the exposure of information that was often not so common to know, one of these is labor issues, such as the payment of bonuses. In a train that has gone viral on TikTok, many users dissatisfied with their jobs have commented on their reasons, so if you are thinking of resigning on these dates, you should not do it, because the payment of the 2022 bonuses is approaching.
According to data from Government of Mexicothe bonus is a right of all workers established in the Federal Labor Law, where it reveals that “All workers will have the right to receive, each year, a bonus, equivalent to 15 days of salary, at least.”
It is worth mentioning that initially the bonus was just a gratuity or gift that was voluntarily the employers granted to the working people on the occasion of the celebration of the Christmas holidays.
But, given the benefit that said provision represented, the payment of this was consigned in article 87 of the Federal Labor Law of 1970.
In this sense, according to data from eNomina in the formal sector of the economy, the vast majority of employers adhere only to the benefits required by the Federal Labor Law, which means that many of the workers have the minimum benefits and only 35 percent have benefits above the law.
Given this, despite being workers with a boss or boss and being subject to a subordinate relationship, 37 percent of the labor force in Mexico does not have access to minimum legal benefits such as bonus payments, according to the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE).
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Increasingly, near the last month of the year and the months where various heavy payments are made, it has become a trend on TikTok, several videos of Internet users who give their opinion on whether you are thinking of resigning, so that you wait for the bonus payment.
@cezs_verdell 🙂#office #worked #bonus #godinez #loquecallamoslosgodinez #godinezlife #toxicwork #pokerface #for you #fyp #christmasdentiktok ♬ UH THANKS FOR USING MY SOUND – Clyde 🕸
@yorchbesos You too? #poresoo #comedy ♬ Originalton – tomsobiech
@ericaaaguirre Motivation that here comes the cool season haha #bonus #motivation #work #do not give up #Courage #life goes on #for you #office worker #lentils #fortnight ♬ Beat Automotive So So So Viral – WZ Beat
@eraandy_nanny #work #do not give up ♬ Somebody That I Used to Know (Remix) – 🎧
In this sense, it is important to mention that Mexican workers have the right to receive the bonus payment before December 20 of each year, as explained in article 87 of the Federal Labor Law (LFT).
Workers will have the right to an annual bonus that must be paid before December 20, ”says the LFT. In the case of government workers, the bonus is divided into two payments; the first part is received approximately in the first fortnight of November. However, there is no exact date yet.
However, the LFT mentions that the payment of the Christmas bonus must be “equivalent to fifteen days’ wages, at least.” This decision will depend on the economic goodness of your employer, however, the payment would hardly be greater than 15 days.
Regarding the time that must be worked to receive the bonus, the workers do not have to fulfill a specific period of work, even must be throughout the year in the same company. Therefore, it is a right to receive a payment proportional to seniority.
The LFT details that those who have not completed a year of service, regardless of whether or not they are working on the date of liquidation of the bonus, will be entitled to be paid a proportional part of it, according to the time they have worked. , whichever it is.
And this is how social networks have become the best window for young people to find out, even if it is in a format like TikTok trains, many know the topics that are trends in the world.
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