The second year-end bonus in 2018

Benefit of the second aguinaldo workers in the public sector, public corporations, and public entities subject to the General Law of the Job whose salary does not exceed Bs. 15,000.00. In the private sector, the payment of the bonus, whose salary is equal to or greater than the Bs. 15,000.00 is optional. Therefore, the employer is not obliged to make the payment. Furthermore, to receive this benefit, employees must have served for a minimum of three (3) months of uninterrupted, and the laborers for a calendar month in the present management.

The fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount of the second bonus will be devoted to the consumption of products made in Bolivia. The following are exempt from this obligation to the beneficiaries who receive a total win up to one minimum wage (Bs. 2,060.00). Also, producers who want to benefit from these purchases compulsory need to register, either digitally or face-to-face with the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy. However, these purchases mandatory should be made through mobile wallets or virtual, in which workers will receive 15% of your second bonus. This application is expected to be available early in January. However, to date, has not been established exactly how it will work this operation, it is not noted whether the employers will be withholding agents of estes 15%, as it will register each mobile wallet, among other questionable. Therefore, with security still will complement the regulations governing the payment of the bonus 2018 in the following days.

The public sector must make the payment until December 31, 2018. The private sector still need to pay until 31 December 2018; however, it may extend the same to the march 29, 2019, upon the request of the employer addressed to the Ministry of Labour.