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jfurgers · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City

My wife tells me that workers in DF get a bonus every December which is equal to one month salary. Is this correct? Does it apply to ESL teachers also?
She was a CPA in DF so I'm wondering if it applies to ESL teachers as well.

John

MELEE · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

If your working legally it does. Cool

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Not always...at Wall St Institute, you don't get a bonus, but rather, 3 weeks paid leave.

MELEE · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

I get the bonus and two weeks paid leave. Cool

Perpetual Traveller · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 651 Location: In the Kak, Japan

Gee some people want their cake, to eat it too and keep the plate!

I like the new avatar MELEE, makes me think of gingham frocks and wholesome stuff like that. Very Happy

PT

jfurgers · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City

The three week paid vacation sounds pretty goog also. Is that all at one time? So you're off most of December? DF is starting to sound better and better.
I only get one week off in December.

John

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

That's just Wall St, working legally. Few schools are running classes from Dec. 16th to Jan 7th or so. If you are contracting, consulting, or working illegally, you get the time off with no pay.

jfurgers · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City

A month off sounds great. I could go to Acapulco maybe.

John

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Is the bonus legally required? I know such a bonus in Mexico (not just DF) is common, but I just assumed it was a perk only offered by better employers. The school I work for also gives me two weeks paid leave plus a month's bonus.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

grahamcito · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 90 Location: Guadalajara

Here's the deal:

Mexican companies are legally obliged to pay each contracted employee an aguinaldo before Christmas. The aguinaldo is fifteen days' pay.

But before you get too excited...

a) the employee must have a contract
b) I also think the employee needs to have been employed for a minimum of one year (though I'm not certain about this)
c) many of us ESL teachers don't have a specified 'day's pay'

and

d) if the employer doesn't pay, what are you going to do about it?

Medium- and large-sized companies normally pay up. Many small companies (eg language schools) don't.

�Merry Christmas and a Happy D�a del Muerte!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Good gumshoeing...particularly on the contract bit. Not overly common in language schools.

This year, I'll be getting another handshake likely, three weeks off, and a lump of coal.

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

With one exception, all employers that I know of locally pay their regular employees an aguinaldo. Everyone (including "muchachos/muchachas" who clean houses) expects and gets an aguinaldo. There's a government office employees can go to and report any employers who don't pay it. The only employees who don't get an aguinaldo locally are those who work for slimy businesses that don't provide contracts and lay off lots of employees the first part of December, then rehire them in January. Some of the big granjas (commercial farms) are known for this.

Where I work, I get an aguinaldo equal to almost 2 quincenas' pay + regular pay for 2 weeks off in December + vacation pay for those 2 weeks + sometimes an additional bonus + double vales. It's especially good to be employed by the university in December.
Very Happy

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

If you want to get a bonus and a vacataion and a big party with gifts like TVs and the like, come to Campeche.