The Salary in the Mexican Legal System to 2020

The salary in the Mexican legal system to 2020. The Federal Labor Law contemplates in article 143 the way in which the salary is integrated, so that: “payments made in cash for daily quota, and bonuses, perceptions, food, room, bonuses, commissions, benefits in kind and any other amount or benefit that is given to the worker for his services ”.

Similarly, in the same article, the concepts that are not considered as part of the worker’s salary are established, such as:

•The working instruments.

•Savings, when it is integrated by an equal deposit of the worker and the company.

•Contributions to the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers.

•Participations in companies’ profits.

•The shelf.

•Attendance awards.

•Extra time payments.

•Fees to the Mexican Institute of Social Security.

From the aforementioned, it is appreciated that the payment of commissions, bonuses or bonuses are part of the worker’s daily salary, so when making such payments, the worker’s base salary would have to be modified with the proportional part of each of the concepts. established in article 143 of the LFT.

This modification in the salary has repercussions in the other labor benefits such as: Christmas bonus, vacation bonus or compensation. Therefore, it is essential to know the concepts that make up the salary and those that do not, to avoid controversies regarding the salary for the quantification of the labor benefits to which you are entitled.

So, it is necessary to have specialists in payroll administration in each company, to avoid conflicts or controversies regarding the integration of wages, for the payment of items that, according to the Law, make up the daily wage of the worker.

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