Tuesday 02 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Aguinaldo Hits The
Streets!
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Aguinaldo Hits The
Streets!
In teams of two at every
corner in the downtown
core, even more along
the pedestrian
boulevards of Avenida
Central and Cuarta, the
Fuerza Pública (police)
is offering security as
the "aguinaldo" hit the
streets yesterday.
The annual Christmas
bonus is equal to one
month's salary of an
entire work year from
November to November and
is payable to every
employee, public or
private, before December
20.
Every employee working
at a full time position
for at least one month,
being it on a temporary
basis or a specific
function, is due the
aguinaldo. The
calculation is based on
the gross earnings -
salaries, bonuses, extra
hours worked, etc. -
from December 1 the
previous year to the
November 30 of the
present.
According to the Unión
Costarricense de
Asociaciones de la
Empresa Privada (Uccaep),
private sector employees
will receive a total of
¢426.5 billion colones,
while public sector
employees will be paid a
total of ¢159 billion
colones.
The Dirección de Apoyo
al Consumidor (DAC) del
Ministerio de Economía
(consumer support of the
Economy ministry) is
available during this
period to offer
consumers information on
savings, budgeting,
credit, as well as
answer questions about
their aguinaldo and
receive complaints. The
DAC has set up a number
of booths in various
commercial centres.
And what to do with the
Aguinaldo? Spend it of
course. And that is the
reason for the increased
number of people and
traffic in the downtown
core and the malls and
the additional police
presence.
The ministerio de
Hacienda is looking to
get back most of the
almost ¢600 billion
colones on the streets
this month.
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