Millions of workers in the country are waiting for the premium paymentque corresponds to the salary of 30 days worked and is paid in two installments, one in the month of June and the second in the month of December of each year.
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this service premium is recognized for private and public sector employees, and it must be implemented by the employee regardless of the time worked by a person in the company. Of course, this payment It will be done according to the time that the worker remains in the company.
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This compensation must be made economically within the established datesIt is for this reason that many workers have the question: What is the payment deadline and how much should they give you?
The premium is divided into two installments
Deadline for payment established by law
The worker is obliged to pay his employee or employees, the social benefit called service premium
according to Article 12 of Law 1788 of 2016, the employee has a deadline to make the payment of the first installment of the service premium Until June 30thsince you must make this remuneration before the month of July begins.
“The worker is obliged to pay his employee or employees, the social benefit called service premium, which will correspond to 30 days of salary per year, which will be recognized in two payments, as follows: the maximum half on June 30 and the other half no later than the first twenty days of December. Its recognition will be made for the entire semester worked or proportionally to the time worked, ”says the article.
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Despite the fact that the deadline is the last day of June, several companies and employers decide to pay this salary in one of the two fortnights of this month. However, if you have not been paid this benefit, Your company has until next Friday, June 30, to deliver the money.
How much money should I receive in the June premium?
June premium calculation
In the same cited article it is stated that the premium must be paid for the entire semester worked, or for the proportional time worked.
If you worked during the entire semester of 2023 and your salary is 1,500,000 pesos, your employer must pay you a total of 750,000 Colombian pesos; oh sea, half of the salary you receive per month.
However, several people find themselves in the situation that they did not work the entire semester for different reasons. In these cases, The money you will receive must be calculated for the days or months worked and your monthly salary.
What you should do is take your monthly base salary, multiply it by the days I work in the company during the semester and divide it by 360, in this way you will obtain the value that you must pay your employee.
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Keep in mind that the workers who are entitled to receive the service premium are those who are under indefinite, fixed-term contracts and those workers who meet a series of dependent employee conditions.
In addition, domestic service workers, family service drivers, day workers and farm workers are included in this economic benefit.
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