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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| BadBeagleBad wrote: |
| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Afore (pension and/or savings matching plan)and IMSS health coverage for the basics. You also want to see protection if you are dismissed and a legal position on taxes when you file each year. |
Also, paid vacation and paid legal holidays (if I recall correctly there are 6 or 7), end of year bonus and INFONOVIT. Maturnity leave, death leave and sick leave are others. If you get a job working for a company that give you full benefits, you have a better package than most workers in the US, and you have to think about the value of that package, and not just in terms of your salary. |
Don�t forget vales de despensa which are food coupons (like food stamps except for working folks) which may still come in coupon books but are being fast converted over to an ATM type card which can be used at all major retailers. |
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SpaceTone
Joined: 11 Jul 2010
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Thanks all, very useful info there.
This may be a stupid question, but how do so many employers manage to avoid providing benefits required by law?
Or do these apply only to a specific type of employment contract? ie. not for part time/by-the-hour employees? |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| SpaceTone wrote: |
Thanks all, very useful info there.
This may be a stupid question, but how do so many employers manage to avoid providing benefits required by law?
Or do these apply only to a specific type of employment contract? ie. not for part time/by-the-hour employees? |
Employers are always looking for ways to save money, and one way to do this is by not providing these benefits. I believe that part-time employees are not eligible for them. |
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Enchilada Potosina
Joined: 03 Aug 2010
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Location: Mexico
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| SpaceTone wrote: |
Thanks all, very useful info there.
This may be a stupid question, but how do so many employers manage to avoid providing benefits required by law?
Or do these apply only to a specific type of employment contract? ie. not for part time/by-the-hour employees? |
Anyone who works under the 'honorarios asimilables a salario' scheme is being legally and royally screwed out of benefits and any shred of job security. Interlingua are in the process of changing their schools over to this scheme and 9.9 out of 10 language schools work under this scheme. I find it insulting considering what's demanded of you in these places. Many of the abovementioned benefits are cumulative here in Mexico so if your plan is to be here long-term, you're really losing out. |
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BadBeagleBad
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
Employers are always looking for ways to save money, and one way to do this is by not providing these benefits. I believe that part-time employees are not eligible for them. |
Right, but only if they work less than 19 hours a week. I think a bigger problem is that they just don�t offer them, which is not legal, to foreigners who might not know any better. |
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