The Peruvian minimum wage is fixed at 1,025 PEN per month, equivalent to roughly $275.30 per month.

Peruvian employees are entitled to two additional salary payments known as the 13th and 14th Salary. These are paid in two installments and both are equivalent to a monthly remuneration:

• 13th Salary: in the first fortnight of July (for Independence Day, "Gratificacion de Fiestas Patrias”)
• 14th Salary: in December (for Christmas, "Navidad”)

Employees who have less than six months of services receive the payment prorated as per the months worked. Each of these bonuses is equivalent to an additional salary if the entire semester is worked, which is understood from January to June (National Holidays bonus), and from July to December (Christmas Bonus).

For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.

We can help you get a new employee started in Peru fast. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 14 working days.

Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.

For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.

Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.

Employees are entitled to 30 days of paid time off annually. At least 15 days off must be taken each year and payment can be made in lieu of any unused vacation.

There are 12 public holidays every year.

Employees are entitled to 20 days of paid sick leave, compensated by the employer at a rate equivalent to the employee’s full wages. Starting the 21st day, ailing employees can draw sickness benefits from ESSALUD (Seguro Social de Salud del Peru) the Peruvian social security agency, for the next 11 months, for each instance of illness.

Female employees are entitled to 98 days of fully paid maternity leave, split 49 days before and after delivery. Maternity benefits, which are equivalent to the mother’s full wages, are disbursed by the social security agency.

Fathers are entitled to 10 consecutive days of paid paternity leave for natural births by their partners, and up to 30 days in case of multiple births, delivery complications, illness, or disability of the mother.

• Adoption leave: Adoptive parents are eligible for 30 days of paid leave, for each child adopted below the age of 12.
• Hospitalization leave: Employees can take up to seven days off to cater to ailing or injured 1st-degree relatives.
• Civil duty leave: Firefighters and military personnel can take paid leave from work if they’re called up for service.
• Leave for breastfeeding: The working mother, at the end of the postnatal period, is entitled to 1 hour a day of breastfeeding leave, until her child is one-year-old. In the case of multiple births, the breastfeeding leave will be increased by an additional 1 hour a day.