Within the framework of the reopening of salary negotiations, the private home workers They will receive the first installment of the latest 24 percent increase in January, which was divided into four tranches.
The agreement between the unions and the employers established a 8 percent increase in December, 7 percent in January, 5 in February and 4 in Marchmonth in which the parties will meet again to agree on a new improvement in income.
It is worth clarifying that heThe increases of each month have an impact on the salary of the following month. In other words, the December improvement (8 percent) is charged in January, which is why we point out that the first installment of the 2022-2023 parity will be settled next month.
With all the perceived percentages, the call “fifth category” or for general tasks -which is the most numerous- in March it will charge 611.32 per hour and 75,074.56 pesos per month (in both cases, personnel with retirement) and 659.06 per hour and 83,482.38 per month (without retirement).
The salary negotiation was on the verge of failure
The negotiation of the National Commission for the Work of Private Houses, regulated by the Ministry of Labor, lasted for four days of intense discussions, after the Council of the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage it took the basic one to the scarce 69,500 pesos in March. The figures did not conform to the unions and the possibility of an agreement could lead to a conflictive situation that, until now, had not been registered.
Finally, the labor portfolio managed to align some union organizations who accepted the improvement of 24 percent for four months. However, one of the most representative unions in the sector, the Union of Auxiliary Personnel of Private Homes (UPACP) -headed by Lorenzana Benítez de Gómez-, rejected the increase, considering it “insufficient, given the rise in prices registered in the months, especially in food and basic necessities”.
Workers in private homes will receive the first installment of the last 24% increase in January, which was divided into four tranches
While the Ministry of Labor They highlighted that the parity of domestic staff achieved 119.8 percent from March 2022 to March 2023, the unions maintain that the improvement reaches 75 percent, since they count 15 percent in June, 9 percent in August , 9 in October, 9 in November, and the 24 percent that they gave him now. And they explain that the 44.8 difference must be calculated at the 2021-2022 parity.
From the portfolio that leads Rachel “Kelly” Olmos stressed: “It should be noted that with this increase, female workers in private homes -in their lowest category- will earn 8 percent of the Minimum, Vital and Mobile wages. For a more specific reference, the SMVM will arrive in March at 69,500 pesos while a monthly payment will charge 75,074 pesos”.
Domestic employees: how are the salaries of January
The salaries corresponding to December that will be settled in January 2023 will be:
Supervisor:
- Personnel with retirement: $642.60 per hour and $80,214.84 per month.
- Personnel without retirement: $703.62 per hour and $89,350.56 per month.
Personnel for specific tasks:
- Personnel with retirement: $608.04 per hour and $74,524.32 per month.
- Personnel without retirement: $666.90 per hour and $82,958.04 per month.
Home:
- Time: $574.02 and $72,710.46 per month.
Assistance and care of people:
- Personnel with retirement: $574.02 per hour and $72,710.46 per month.
- Personnel without retirement: $642.60 per hour and $81,028.08 per month.
Personnel for general tasks:
- Personnel with retirement: $532.44 per hour and $65,387.52 per month.
- Personnel without retirement: $574.02 per hour and $72,710.46 per month.
According to him collective agreementthe personnel that carry out tasks included in more than one category, will be included in the one that is the main one that they perform regularly
The equivalent of 30% must be applied to the minimum wage established for each one of the categories, with respect to the personnel that provides tasks in La Pampa, Río Negro, Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Antártida and the South Atlantic Islands, or in the Partido de Patagones of the Province of Buenos Aires. Aires.
The salary negotiation was on the verge of failure
What tasks each category performs
supervisor
It is the personnel in charge of carrying out the coordination and control of the tasks carried out by two or more people under their charge. For example, a supervisor who controls the cleaning tasks of a group of employees.
Personnel for specific tasks
This category mainly includes cooks hired exclusively to carry out said work, as well as any other domestic task that requires special skills from the staff to be able to carry it out.
homemade
It refers to the personnel who provide tasks related to general care and the preservation of a home where they live due to the employment contract. It is the only category that is presumed without withdrawal.
Assistance and care of people
Includes assistance and non-therapeutic care of people, such as: sick people, people with disabilities, children, adolescents, the elderly. This category is the one that determines the salary of a nanny or home caregivers (for example, a person who cares for the elderly).
Staff for general tasks
She is in charge of cleaning, washing, ironing, maintenance, preparation and cooking of meals and, in general, any other typical household task. It is the most used category, since it includes the domestic employee or maid who provides cleaning and maintenance services in family homes.
