What is the difference between Salary and Remuneration?

Under the Labor Law, an employee’s remuneration consists of base salary, additions, additional pay, vacation pay, bonuses and incentives.  

Additions are paid to certain employees depending on specialty rank or degree, abnormal working conditions or responsibilities, as well as for utilizing the employee’s high professional skills or work experience in respect of Contract employees. Additions could also include similar additions provided by law, collective agreement or internal policies. 

Additional pay includes overtime pay, pay for performing work outside the scope of one’s job duties or job position (including simultaneously or in combination with the current job), pay for substitution of another employee, and other similar additional pay stated in law, collective agreement or internal policies (work rules). In respect of Contract employees, additional pay may be paid on the basis of work results.

Bonuses and incentives are paid for the employee’s work result or contribution to the company’s achievement, which include bonuses, one-time monetary incentive for completing a certain special task, and other monetary incentives paid pursuant to law, agreement or internal policy. The remuneration does not include the following: 

      - all types of statutory benefits, including for pregnancy and maternity leave, loss of working ability, unemployment, pension etc. 

      - reimbursements; and 

      - allowance income, including for transportation, fuel, housing and meal discounts.

The remuneration structure above applies to expats employees under contracts as well.

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