In Spain, something that deals human resources is about fixing the salary that companies must give to their employees. In order to human resources, It is a calculation that they must take very seriously since it consists of the relationship between what the company earns and the fair amount for each employee.
In addition, the salary must be motivating so that workers are encouraged to do a good job and to be able to be more and more productive for the company.
What exactly is base salary and what should we know about it?
El base salary of a worker, It is the set of economic amounts that are given to an employee. These can be monetary or non-monetary. This is given to employees based on services that the employee gives to a company.
All companies that are perfectly regulated, are not free to put the salary they want to their employees, but must be based on what public bodies tell them. Under this regulation, what is intended is that companies do not abuse by putting wages too low their workers and the hours they must work can be regulated.
However, experts say that this means that companies cannot grow in an accelerated way and that they even remain stagnant due to the salaries that they often have to pay.
Some more rules is that if it is going to happen a salary in kind, This must not exceed 30% of the total amount of salary. In the case of Household employees, the number increases up to 45%. Regarding the minimum interprofessional salary, is based on 14 payments, one per month and two extraordinary of 645 euros some collective agreements.
The company must notify the person of any change they want to make in the base salary. This must be notified 5 days before making the change. In case the company applies changes in the base salary to any worker, this can cause the company to be reported for worker fraud and pay heavy penalties.
What points is a base salary made of?
The base salary. The base salary is the amount of money that will be paid to the worker for periods of time. In most base salaries, they are paid on a monthly basis. Here, the amount of money that the worker is going to collect and the time it will take to collect it will have to be reflected. It is essential that you learn to read this data, since they will tell you the amount to be charged and the time in which you must collect it and you will be able to see if something in your base salary changes without notice, since in case this happens, you must report to the company.
Salary supplements. These supplements are based on the contributions that are made to workers based on the work performed by each person. Some people have a bonus on their base wages for dangerous work, night jobs, or anything else that could make the job risky for the worker.
This part of the base salary also includes all the supplements that the employee makes to earn a bonus and that give good results for the company. This can be any type of sale that has made the company money and does not fall within the normal functions of the person who is working.
Extra hours. The overtime hours fall within the base salary and are those that are paid and that the employee performs outside of their working hours. Hours cannot exceed normal limits. The work week is approximately 40 hours per week. All overtime that is done outside of that time, will be paid at a higher price and will be given to the employee at the end of the month with their normal salary after three overtime hours worked, so it is necessary that all overtime be counted and don't let the company do it. In this way, we can verify that they pay us the appropriate amount.
All these data must be stipulated in the collective agreement, since otherwise the company may refuse to pay overtime.
The extra pay. Within Spain, each person is obliged to receive 1 annual payments that the company must give him per month. Normally, the company is paying the monthly amounts that refer to the base salary and two extra payments will be given that normally occur at Christmas time and during the summer season. The extra Christmas pay does not count as a bonus, since many companies give their bonus in kind and not in money, apart from that that same month they give the extra pay.
This is not the case in all companies, since some give only 12 payments, not including extra payments in the total amount. In these companies, the amount of the two missing payments is included in the monthly payments.
The wages that are given in spices. Wages in kind are wages that are given to workers with contributions that are not related to money. Many companies give their employees homes or vehicles, as well as food stamps or even coupon codes that are given to workers on top of or instead of their pay.
What should all base salary have
• The salary area in which we will see the amount we have to collect, we must know all the data in this area very well to be able to see if any data changes without notifying us.
• All the benefits that any client must have by law (which means that you must know them to verify that they are all)
The benefits that the law grants to companies so that they are the ones that are given to workers. These can be through bonuses or any other type of stimulus for the most hard-working people.
The following points are outside the base salary
All work tools or uniforms that the employee decides to buy on his own
All contributions that the company makes to the employee related to advanced age or old age.
The participation of the company's workers in the distribution of profits.
What other things should you take into account of the base salary
The base salary changes based on benefits or amount of time worked. For example, a person who spends the year in a company, will begin to charge more and will receive more money in bonuses or extra payments.
The salaries you have fixed and variable variations (such as the salaries in which the commissions are added) are added at the time of the final calculation; however there are companies in which the commissions are added to the two months.
The company must notify the person of any change that they want to make in the base salary. This must be notified 5 days before making the change. In case the company applies changes in the base salary to any worker, this can cause the company can be reported for fraud to the worker and pay large penalties.
Within the contract, overtime must start counting after more than three hours per week. You must have control of overtime to be able to do the bimonthly count.
If the employee becomes ill, the company is obliged to cover a few months' salary until the person goes to the mutual. In the event that the person is on leave due to an accident at work, the company must bear the medical expenses.
In the event that the base salary given by a company is less than the base salary given in that geographical area, a change of base salary so that the person can collect what you should really charge for the area you are in.
All monthly payments must be given to workers between the first days of the month; However, the company has a deadline until the 17th.
If the company does not pay the workers on time, several surcharges or fines can be added that will be paid to the employees who have not received their wages on time.