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27 March 2013: Mexico Employment Practices

27 March, 2013 by John Tinsley Leave a Comment

Payroll and Accounting Partner Services –

Mexican Laws and Regulations –

A note has been written by our HR, Payroll and Accounting partners in Mexico, introducing their services. It begins:Mexico Flag

“We know there is a lot of information here, and we know you are not looking to be experts in Mexican Labor matters as it might take much time and not be worthwhile for a small volume of staff compared to the staff contracted in HQ.

That’s why we offer Human Resources Administration services, so our customers can have their operation in Mexico assisted by HR Experts who will work shoulder to shoulder with you to keep your company aligned to Mexican Laws and rules, and beyond this, to have the staff focused on their real job.”

The note provides detail under a number of headings which include:

  • Maternity Leave in Mexico
  • Paternity Leave in Mexico
  • About The Family and Medical act in Mexico (FML)
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Insurance in Mexico: Provided by Mexican Social Security
  • About Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance in Mexico: Covered by Mexican Social Security
  • Laws which govern Payroll and Human Resources in Mexico
  • Dependencies which review the development of labor matters in Mexico – Federal
  • Background checks can be done – drug screen testing?
  • How many established holidays are there in Mexico?
  • Holiday: Official days of Holidays, Non-official days of Holidays:

LEGALLY MANDATED BENEFITS:

  • Vacation days
  • Hours of Work normal time and overtime
  • How much vacation is normal?
  • Christmas bonus
  • End of service indemnity
  • Trial period contract.
  • Fixed length contract.
  • Undefined length contract.
  • Requirements for releasing someone?
  • Probationary period when someone starts?
  • How frequently people receive pay in Mexico?  Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?
  • Quoting monthly costs – how many working hours per month and per week are included?
  • Work on an hourly basis as a contractor – do we pay just for hours worked, or do we pay on a monthly basis like a salary?

The final heading leads to an important statement:

“Mexico has approved last year a new labor law which established hourly basis but, unfortunately, Social Security charges are based monthly and there do not exist clear rules to pay on hourly basis yet.

We suggest paying on a monthly basis like a salary for the moment.”

To view or download the detailed note under the above headings please click here*.

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John Tinsley

 

Filed Under: all, International Payroll Tagged With: international employment, international hr, international human resources, international payroll, Mexico, Partner Company

19 March 2013: Compandben and the Falkland Islands Vote

19 March, 2013 by John Tinsley Leave a Comment

Payroll Implementation in the South Atlantic –

Islanders Pleased with Credible Vote Result –

Some of you may be aware that there has recently been a vote by the population
of the Falkland Islands  to “stay British”.Falkland Islands flag

We had a conference called this afternoon with our “Partners” in the Falkland Isles because Compandben has been selected to implement a payroll in Ascension Island and the Falklands – both in the South Atlantic.

I teased the lady in Falklands asking if she was one of the three people who had voted “NO”.  I said she could admit it to us – we wouldn’t tell anyone… She confirmed that she had definitely voted “Yes” but said that the Islanders were pleased that a few people had voted “no” because it would have been embarrassing to have a 100% vote – reminiscent of phoney elections in dictatorships where 100% support for the President  is common.

It has been widely reported that the vote was 98.8 % for remaining “British” but she confirmed that in fact the vote was 99.8%. 3 people voted “No” out of a 92% turnout of the 1650 eligible voters. Do the maths yourself…

  • The payroll will have 30 or so employees and will go live in May 2013.

John Tinsley

Filed Under: all, International Payroll Tagged With: Ascension Island, employment services, Falklands, international payroll, Partner Company, South Atlantic

13 March 2013: USA Prejudice against non-USA firms ??

13 March, 2013 by John Tinsley Leave a Comment

Setting-up Company in USA –

Legal Costs Quote Spirals –

I want to set up a company in USA. So I asked a friend of mine to contact a lawyer. The lawyer said the whole thing will cost approx $1000. Fine – but then once they found I was based outside the USA I was advised…

“Let me brief you on where we are, a downpayment of  350.00 Grab Dollarsdollars was made when we took on the responsibility to file the document with the balance of 650.00 dollars due when the documents are ready.  however since we are not learning Compandben  Inc. is  a foreign company the fees will be drastically different if you are going to wire the funds to us our fees for Foreign Companies starts any where from 5500-10,000. Thousand “

The grammar mistakes are presumably free. I wonder what my USA clients would say if I told them I would start charging them 500% more than my Swiss ones.

John Tinsley

Filed Under: all, Employment Services (PEO) Tagged With: international hr, international human resources, lawyer fees, prejudice, USA, USA fees

06 March 2013: Iraq Payroll – A Sign of Steady Progress

6 March, 2013 by John Tinsley Leave a Comment

Routine Normality Welcomed –

Prestigious Cooperation –

Iraq flag

It may be that the happiest countries are the most boring. It is a welcome and happy sign of dull routine normality in IRAQ that a Compandben Partner firm there and the prestigious London based accounting firm Chantrey Vellacott DFK (CV) have cooperated to set up a professionally run payroll service for a CV client in Iraq.

The client currently has 5 employees in Iraq – engaged in infrastructure consultancy.

  • The payroll went “live” on 1 January 2013.
  • The Compandben payroll partner in Iraq has been in existence since 1952.

John Tinsley

Filed Under: all, International Payroll Tagged With: Chantrey Vellacott, hr, human resources, international employment, international hr, international human resources, international payroll, Iraq, Partner Company

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