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"now go out and do the right thing"
Things are quite different over here (Mexico). Our laws require much more of the employer than in the US. Aguinaldos, Severance Pay, Vacation pay, etc.
Yes, many work “under the table” here too.I posted this message on FB yesterday morning aimed at the expats here. Business owners already are very aware.
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It is that time of year again, annual aguinaldo is due Prior to December 20.
It is NOT a Christmas bonus. It is a mandatory wage payment…
please read and consider all the situations you may encounter.
“now go out and do the right thing” Dr. Laura
note: the law changes, this page gets updated to reflect.
http://yucalandia.com/answers-to-common-questions/labor-law-for-household-employees-in-mexico-what-must-we-pay/Happy holidays to all
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Those would never fly here in Los Estados Unidos. From what I read there is apparently no salario mÌ?nimo. The example wages didn’t look too bad to me until I realized where the peso v dollar conversion was at…
åÁTrabajadores del mundo, ̼nanse!
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paden cash, post: 347718, member: 20 wrote: Those would never fly here in Los Estados Unidos. From what I read there is apparently no salario mÌ?nimo. The example wages didn’t look too bad to me until I realized where the peso v dollar conversion was at…
åÁTrabajadores del mundo, ̼nanse!
Wrong. check your sources
we do have a livable minimum wage, most get more than the minimum.free medical and medicine for all, near free housing purchase fund, minimal higher education cost, etc.
Peso/Dollar means nothing much for most things… it only matters when you are going to the US or purchasing things that come from the US.
so, after the full collapse of the US perhaps your “never” will become a reality.
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Peter Ehlert, post: 347730, member: 60 wrote: Wrong. check your sources
we do have a livable minimum wage, most get more than the minimum.free medical and medicine for all, near free housing purchase fund, minimal higher education cost, etc.
Peso/Dollar means nothing much for most things… it only matters when you are going to the US or purchasing things that come from the US.
so, after the full collapse of the US perhaps your “never” will become a reality.
I just didn’t see a mention of minimum wage in the link. That’s all I read. And if the minimum wage is truly “livable” then Mexico is light years ahead of us.
Large employers (did somebody say Wal-Mart?) capitalize on being able to legally pay American workers peanuts …and then the workers qualify for public assistance like Section 8 housing and food stamps. So basically the American tax payer is subsidizing the large employers’ work force. Lobbyists up here will attempt to get anything passed on the “hill” that won’t threaten larger corporations profits. It sucks.
As for a “full collapse” of the US…the corporations will try to keep that from happening. They WANT us plugged in to their network, like in the Matrix, so they can continue to sap our very juices…
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paden cash, post: 347734, member: 20 wrote: …the corporations will
try tokeep that from happening…..There; I fixed it…B-)
who ever heard of “To Big To Fail”?
I’m still shaking my head.
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I always wear socks and sneakers when I take a dip….
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the article is about mandated benefits for Casual Workers… not regular “Jobs”
The major difference here is the employer paid social benefits, even for McJobs.for casual workers, they don’t get some of them by Mandate, and are not mentioned in the article. however many of us contribute voluntarily.
American and Canadian expats are typically cheap and avoid “doing the right thing”…one of many basic social benefits, funded by employers: INFONAVIT… kinda like FHA home financing but much lower interest rates.
My wife was a widow with 5 kids. she went back to school and got a simple job as a bookkeeper/secretary (at minimum wage). She bought a new home, greatly improved it, and paid for it 100%… in less than for 20 years (not uncommon here). That is the Only time in her life she used Credit.
During that time three kids got university degrees (two did not want to continue past high school). She retired at 60 with a pension, lean but livable, with 100% free medical and medicines. -
Peter Ehlert, post: 347751, member: 60 wrote: the article is about mandated benefits for Casual Workers… not regular “Jobs”
The major difference here is the employer paid social benefits, even for McJobs.I had a good helper for a few years at a general contracting firm, Hector Trujillo from down Durango way. Hector became disenchanted with his position and his pay around here and was always talking about going home and building his own home. The cost of living up here was what seemed to bug him the most. He eventually made his way back home on his annual Christmas visit and never returned. That year I didn’t get my usual bottle of El Presidente….
Maybe a year later he sent a letter and some pics of his house up near the mountains west of Durango. Modest by American standards, he and his esposa y hijos looked all fat, happy and sassy. He never did like the taxes up here.
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yup, it is very different here in many ways.
Family members, neighbors, and friends have gone up to follow the American Dream. Many (maybe most) come back disillusioned. Usually dead broke.
I first started doing business here in the 70s, bought my first home here in the 90s. Every weekend, vacation, and all holidays I came down for 10 years, now full time for over 8 years. It has only been the last few years that I have truly begun to understand the culture, learning more every day.Stop over some time 🙂
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