Banco Nación employees will receive a bonus of $ 66,000 for the anniversary of the entity

At a time when the State seeks to reduce the public deficit, the Banco Nación will spend a total of $ 1,160 million on a bond what are you going to give to your 17,585 employees as a bonus for the institution’s anniversary, which will be October 26, although workers picked it up on October 4.

Every employee of the Nation will receive a bonus of 66,000 pesos, as agreed by the Internal Banking Commission and the organization’s authorities. This is an amount that the workers of the entity receive for the 130th anniversary of the creation of the BNA.

According to an internal communication from the entity, “on the occasion of the commemoration of 26/10/2021 the 130th anniversary of the Bank’s foundation, the Institution’s authorities decided to pay on October 4, 2021 to all staff, without distinction of hierarchies and who would receive assets on the date of actual payment, the sum of $ 66,000 as a non-remunerating bonus ”.

Since a long time, Nation employees generally receive this bonus on October 26, when the largest bank in the country was created., even if the union representatives sometimes ask to anticipate in advance a part or the total liquidation because of the inflationary escalation and the cost of living.

The payment of this non-remunerative sum by a state entity sparked controversy on social networks. “How can you not want to work in the public sector? Pre-election bonus of the day: 66,000 pesos for the 17,000 employees of the BNA… ”, commented economist Gustavo Neffa on his Twitter account.

A spokesperson for Banco Nación said that “30 years ago this voucher was issued, which is not part of the salary. It’s since the bank turned 100 years old. It is an acquired right, it is not discretionary and updated annually with inflation official. It has been given by all governments in recent years, including that of Macri ”.

Among the proponents of the measure, there are those who argue that the Banco Nación is autarkic, records operating profits, that the payment of obligations is not foreign to that made by other public and private entities, and that the employees of the Nation pay the Income Tax, while other public banks like the Province and the City reimburse it to their workers.

Payment of this annual bonus It’s a tradition at the Banco Nación. In 2016, it was $ 12,500 – when economist Carlos Melconian was president of the country’s largest bank -; in 2017 it reached $ 16,000 and in 2018 it was 21,000 pesos. Likewise, in 2019 $ 31,000 was paid for this bonus (paid in two installments, of $ 15,000 in September and $ 16,000 in October).

This non-remunerative bonus is a sum that the workers of the entity receive for the anniversary of the creation of Banco Nación.

In addition, the nation’s employees in turn benefit from a extra bonus for the end of the year which is usually paid at the end of the year.

This benefit is in addition to the non-remunerative payment that workers will receive before November 6, for the bank day, for a minimum of $ 100,000 as the historical bonus for this non-working day.

It should be remembered that around June, the Banking association agreed with financial entities an annual increase of 45.1%, plus a Banking Day bonus of between 100,000 and 170,000 pesos per employee, as part of the review of the joint organizations signed in February, with which the union became one of those who reached the highest percentage of the 2021 negotiations that were reopened due to rising inflation.

The date of celebration is October 26, but like other years, it has been decided to advance the payment of the bonus scheduled for this date.

The salary peer review agreement for 2021 was added to the 2.1% update made last January on 2020 salaries and to its “resulting base” a 43% improvement. Thus, the increase will reach 45.1% this year.

Banco de la Nación Argentina is the country’s largest financial institution. He has 639 branches, 59 operational annexes, 3 mobile agencies, 30 promotion positions, 5 dependencies in client companies, and 16 electronic agencies, which makes a total of 755 mouths of attention distributed throughout the national territory. It also has 13 branches abroad and 1 representative office: Beijing (China).

According to the website of the entity, it currently has 17,395 employees at the national level and 190 employees outside.

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