Definition of social burden
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2013
Social charges are the set of contributions that the employer has the obligation to pay the state and the union body, depending on the activity in question, every month, for the work of its employees.
Contributions that the employer must pay monthly for each worker and that are destined for retirement, professional training, social work ...
These include various concepts that make them up, such as: retirement contributions that will allow the employee tomorrow, when it is time to retire, access the retirement; social work; union dues; life insurance; and work risk insurance (ART), which is the body that intervenes when the employee suffers an occupational accident, taking charge of his personalized attention, among others.
One of the meanings of the word load says that it is atax or lien, meanwhile, the term Social applies to refer to that which is proper or related to a society.
Meanwhile, both references together are used to refer to the amount of money that a company has to pay to the state in respect of social Security by the employees you have hired.
That is, a company, or an entrepreneur, each month, must deposit, before a state body, a sum of money established to thus cover the social needs of its employees, including social work for example.
It should be noted that the social charges that are paid are closely linked to the salary that is paid and they can also be diverse depending on the politics current social
They do not imply a fixed monthly amount but the same, being in relation to salaries and other variables, may vary.
On the other hand and depending on the legislation in matter, in nation Where appropriate, social charges may imply a tax on professional training which is intended for teaching labor, among other activities.
Although the one that we will mention below is an issue that can also fluctuate from country to country, for example, in some parts of the world, the Social charges will be notable in number, the higher the number of workers who receive a salary below that considered in the ceiling wage.
On the other hand, it is worth considering that the social charges to be paid will always affect the cost of labor, increasing it, of course, and by case, this will also tend to increase the factory price assigned to a product or service.
To better clarify the concept we are going to a concrete example, in a consortium, there are four employees, then, every month, when the expenses are settled, the owners and tenants pay for These not only the salaries but also the amount corresponding to the social charges that each represents and that as we said is associated with the amount of salary that each one receives.
A mandatory payment on which the future retirement of a worker depends
Normally, their payment must be made in the name of the state collecting agent, who is also in charge of controlling and enforcing the corresponding payment for them, each month.
Of course, the lack of payment or the delay will generate an interest that must be paid together with the amount corresponding to the month in which it was not paid.
The employer who fails to pay this tax will be committing a crime and must respond sooner or later for this failure.
The main problem of not paying an employee the corresponding social charges is that tomorrow it will be difficult for him to enter the pension scheme.
Retirement is the withdrawal from the work activity of a worker, who due to his age or due to some disability is no longer in a state to continue working.
To specify it, an administrative procedure must be carried out before the state or before the institution corresponding, depending on the retirement system, and once approved that person will begin to receive their retirement monthly.
It's about a right which is contained at the behest of the safety social and that will be perceived until the day of death.
The retirement age varies in each country, although it usually ranges between 60 and 70 years.
In systems in which retirement is in charge of the state, the money is obtained from social security contributions, among others, that is, of the mandatory contributions that the employer has and of those made by the workers in a dependency relationship or independent.
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