Currency: ARS, Argentine peso (Rate)
Public Holidays: 18 public holidays (see here)
Employer Taxes: 26% of gross salary
Official Language: Spanish
Payroll frequency: Monthly
13th / 14th Salary: (what's this?) ****The 13th salary is payable in two installments, one before 30 June and the other before 18 December.
The notice period depends on the length of employment:
Employers can terminate employment at any time without justified case, subject to payment of severance compensation provided by labour laws. Termination of employment with justified cause does not entail payment of severance compensation.
Terminated employees are entitled to mandatory severance pay equivalent to 1 month's pay for each year of employment (up to 3 years), plus any required notice period, remaining days within the calendar month, unused vacation and proportion of the 13th month salary accrued over the year.
Three months
20,588 ARS per month
Non-compete agreements must be limited in scope and limited in time. They can not exceed a maximum of two years in duration (save for exceptional cases) and must include compensation for the employee, at at the rate of at least 50% of their monthly salary.
Eight hours daily and 48 hours per week.
Overtime hours should not exceed three hours per day, 30 hours per month, or 200 hours per year.
Employees receive an additional 50% for overtime work and an additional 100% for holidays or work performed after 1 pm on Saturdays, and Sundays.
The number of paid vacation leaves depends on the seniority of the employee:
Vacations must be granted between 1 October 1 and 30 April.
Employees with less than five years of continuous service are entitled to three months of paid sick leave per year. Those with over five years of service receive six months of paid sick leave.
The amount of sick leave is doubled for employees with dependents.
Employees are entitled to 90 days' maternity leave, which can be split into 45 days before birth and 45 days post-birth. Employees may also choose to take 30 days' leave before giving birth and 60 days' leave afterwards. This is paid by the social security system as a family allowance. Unpaid leave between three and six months can also be requested.
Employees are also entitled to two days of paid paternity leave.
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