Current Region & Language

Chile

Employment in Chile

Updated on: February 24, 2025

Currency

Chilean Peso (CLP)

Employer Taxes

Employer taxes are about 17% of gross salaries, primarily for social security.

Payroll Frequency

Monthly

Language

Spanish

Date Format

DD/MM/YYYY

Chile By The Numbers

19 million

Population

CLP 400 trillion

GDP

13

National Holidays

Country Information

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Weekly Working Hours

Maximum 44 hours per week (Monday-Saturday). Personnel in managerial or supervisory positions are not subject to the statutory limits on working hours.

National Holidays

  • New Years Day
  • Epiphany
  • Saint Joseph’s Day
  • Maundy Thursday
  • Good Friday
  • Labor Day
  • Independence Day
  • Battle of Boyaca
  • Assumption of Mary
  • Columbus Day
  • All Saints’ Day
  • Independence of Cartagena
  • Christmas

Leave

Holiday, Sick, Maternity, Paternity, Parental, Death, Marriage.

Employment Contracts

Yes

Types of Employment

Employees, temporary agency workers, independent contractors

Employment Costs

IC Class Factors

A number of factors are used to determine an IC status: Degree of control, subordination, exclusivity, economic risk of individual, integration into the organisation, subcontracting of work.

Labor Leasing

Yes, only if the end client has local presence in Chile.

Minimum Wage Requirements

The government sets the general minimum wage requirements normally once per year. Those are also set by Collective Bargaining Agreements.

Medical Benefits

Sick pay due to non-work-related illness or injury shall be paid by the Social Security. Sick pay is covered retroactively by Social Security from the 1st day if the leave exceeds 11 days, from the 4th day if the leave is shorter than 10 days.

Sick pay due to work-related illness or injury sis covered by the Social Security, under specific rules.

Probationary Periods

There is no legal provision on probation periods. Employers may agree in writing with Personnel probation periods.

Termination Notice

Personnel must be provided with 30 days’ notice.

Severance

Severance is due in case of termination of an indefinite-term contract (exceeding 1 year) without just cause or early termination of fixed-term contracts by the Employer and is equivalent to 30 days of the last monthly remuneration for each year of service or the prorated amount over 6 months, capped at 330 days of remuneration or 11 years.

Pre-hire Checks

Immigration checks are generally required for expatriates.
Personal information of Personnel, according to Data Protection Law, requires applicant’s consent.

Specific consent required for sensitive information such as a Personnel’s health information for health insurance benefit application process.

Credit checks, criminal records, drug tests possible only for specific job positions, according to the law. Drug tests possible only for specific job positions, and under specific regulations which must be followed.

Pregnancy tests prohibited by law, in any case.

Medical exams or health-related tests are mandatory (only for certain activities) before the start date and are covered by the Employer, the Personnel are obliged to attend.

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