[News] Christmas Bonus 2020: how to apply with my RUT to receive the contribution

[FNX Magokiler]

The Christmas Bonus 2020 was the last great help from the Government, in the midst of the crisis caused by the coronavirus. That's where its name comes from: COVID Christmas Bonus, which will reach millions of Chileans in the last month of the year.

The announcement was made on November 27, and it was confirmed that it will be linked to the Emergency Family Income. It will correspond to all those families that receive the sixth payment of this benefit. It is estimated that there are about eight million people.

Christmas Bonus 2020: can it be charged if I have already obtained the IFE 6?

Is it necessary to apply for the Christmas Bonus?
Regarding the application. The Navid Bond is a contribution or monetary transfer that the State makes to people who meet the requirements established by law. On this occasion it will correspond to all those who receive the sixth payment of the Emergency Family Income. That is, it does not require prior application.

President Piñera also explained the amounts. "We know that there are some communes that are in quarantine and that makes it difficult for them to work, therefore the communes that have been in quarantine in the last seven days in the month of November, will receive $ 55,000, that means that if there are 10 in the family group people, 550 thousand pesos are received ", clarified the President.

 

 

What are the Christmas bonus options for pensioners?
The pensioners of the Social Security Institute, the Dipreca and Capredena Social Security Institutions, the Labor Security Institute, the Employers' Mutual Societies of the Law 16,744 on Work Injuries have the right to have any of these qualities at 30 November of the current year (2020).

Also entitled are DL 3,500 pensioners (AFP System), who are receiving the benefit of Social Security Contribution (APS) or minimum pensions with State Guarantee at that date.

In the case of the Social Security Institute (IPS), the beneficiaries are the following:

- Pensioners from the former Provident Banks.

- People with Basic Solidarity Pension (PBS).

- Pensioners with Solidarity Pension Contribution (APS), from the AFP System.

- Pensioners of Law N ° 19,234 (Political Exempt).

- Pensioners of the Reparation Law No. 19,123 (Rettig Law).

- Pensioners of the Reparation Law No. 19,992 (Valech Law).

- Pensioners from Workplace Accidents, Law No. 16,744, of the Institute of Labor Safety (ISL).

- People who receive Subsidy for Mental Disability, Art. 35 of Law No. 20,255.

- Beneficiaries of compensation from Coal, Law N ° 19,129.

According to the IPS, the base amount of the Christmas bonus for pensioners for this year is $ 23,081. If the beneficiary has legal charges, an amount of $ 13,040 will be added for each one. On the other hand, each person is entitled to only one Christmas bonus, even if they are the beneficiary of two or more pensions. For this group of people, this benefit is paid together with the respective December pension.

What will happen to the public sector?
In the public sector this is a benefit that is sti[CENSORED]ted by law, and each year the amounts to be delivered to workers are set, so their payment is mandatory.

What are the reference amounts of the Christmas bonus?
By law, the bonus amounts have not yet been defined, but according to the last readjustment, the following payments were established according to the salary bracket.

- People whose net remuneration is equal to or less than 773,271 pesos, would receive $ 57,873.

- People with liquid remuneration greater than 773,271 pesos and equal to or less than $ 2,560,669, would receive $ 30,613.

What happens in the private sector?
For employers, granting this benefit to their workers is not an obligation from a legal source (as are, for example, bonuses). However, a private sector worker may be entitled to receive a Christmas bonus in the event that:

- It is contemplated in your employment contract.

- There is a contract or collective agreement in which the Christmas bonus is incorporated as a clause.

- The employer has made this concession on a previous occasion, as it is considered a tacit clause of the contract (protected by the labor law).