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ann

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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anyone know where i can get the formula for severance pay for housekeeper who came 3 hrs every wednseday for 17 mos? she was paid 20 pesos each hour. thanks. ann

jennifer rose

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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Why not look up your obligations and the employee's rights in the Ley Federal del Trabajo? (and you'll learn about the exceptions to the rule, too.)

keith

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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I don't have the exact information you are looking for, Ann, and I wish someone would come up with it, because I've also wondered about what the RULE is in these situations. But it seems to me a bunch of stuff comes into play here when doing the right thing by people who work for you: are you firing her with cause? was her work not satisfactory? was she stealing from you? If any of that is the case, then I don't think you should pay her anything in the way of severance. If she complains that she has such and such coming to her, then I would ask her how she came up with that figure and how you can verify it. Then I would check it out and pay her the minumum figure required. On the other hand, if she has been a good and willing worker and you are letting her go through no fault of her own, then I think you should give her at least a couple of weeks' wages. If you can afford to and want to give her more, why not do that?

Joan Humphries

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: Someone has come up with a formula that I understood was the law. Better not fire her until you find out. You could be in trouble with the law.<p>: I don't have the exact information you are looking for, Ann, and I wish someone would come up with it, because I've also wondered about what the RULE is in these situations. But it seems to me a bunch of stuff comes into play here when doing the right thing by people who work for you: are you firing her with cause? was her work not satisfactory? was she stealing from you? If any of that is the case, then I don't think you should pay her anything in the way of severance. If she complains that she has such and such coming to her, then I would ask her how she came up with that figure and how you can verify it. Then I would check it out and pay her the minumum figure required. On the other hand, if she has been a good and willing worker and you are letting her go through no fault of her own, then I think you should give her at least a couple of weeks' wages. If you can afford to and want to give her more, why not do that?<p>