Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Desalarización
English translation:
reclassification of employees/workers as independent contractors
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Desalarización
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Management
Término encontrado en un interrogatorio de una empresa de Colombia.
"En primera instancia, señalo que la *desalarización* es una figura aprobada por el Gobierno de Colombia y se explicó a las gerencias de recursos humanos en XX. "
"En primera instancia, señalo que la *desalarización* es una figura aprobada por el Gobierno de Colombia y se explicó a las gerencias de recursos humanos en XX. "
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Francois Boye
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the misclassification of employees/workers as independent contractors
El artículo 128 del Código Sustantivo del Trabajo que “No constituyen salario las sumas que ocasionalmente y por mera liberalidad recibe el trabajador del empleador, como primas, bonificaciones o gratificaciones ocasionales, participación de utilidades, excedente de las empresas de economía solidaria y lo que recibe en dinero o en especie no para su beneficio, ni para enriquecer su patrimonio, sino para desempeñar a cabalidad sus funciones, como gastos de representación, medios de transporte, elementos de trabajo y otros semejantes. Tampoco las prestaciones sociales de que tratan los títulos VIII y IX, ni los beneficios o auxilios habituales u ocasionales acordados convencional o contractualmente u otorgados en forma extralegal por el empleador, cuando las partes hayan dispuesto expresamente que no constituyen salario en dinero o en especie, tales como la alimentación, habitación o vestuario, las primas extralegales, de vacaciones, de servicios o de navidad.”
Source: https://blog.ekomercio.co/que-es-la-desalarizacion-en-colomb...
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/misclassification
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Misclassified employees often are denied access to critical benefits and protections they are entitled to by law, such as the minimum wage, overtime compensation, family and medical leave, unemployment insurance, and safe workplaces. Employee misclassification generates substantial losses to the federal government and state governments in the form of lower tax revenues, as well as to state unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation funds.
Source: https://blog.ekomercio.co/que-es-la-desalarizacion-en-colomb...
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/misclassification
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Misclassified employees often are denied access to critical benefits and protections they are entitled to by law, such as the minimum wage, overtime compensation, family and medical leave, unemployment insurance, and safe workplaces. Employee misclassification generates substantial losses to the federal government and state governments in the form of lower tax revenues, as well as to state unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation funds.
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AllegroTrans
: I would think it's deliberate re-classification rather than misclassification (which somehow suggests an innocent mistake)
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It means that desalarizacion (putting an end to the status of employee) is illegal
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David Hollywood
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salary cutting
En conclusión, la desalarización se presenta cuando un empleador ofrece no paga de manera salarial, con el atractivo al empleado de que podrá percibir una mayor cantidad de ingresos debido a que no se verá afectado en su totalidad por las obligaciones tributarias propias de un salario
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taking a cut in wages/salary
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for tax reasons
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I answered a similar ages ago and just modifying to suit your particular context
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"question"
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taking a cut in wages/salary
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for tax reasons
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I answered a similar ages ago and just modifying to suit your particular context
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"question"
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AllegroTrans
: That could be an outcome but I don't think it's what the word denotes
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Non-Salary Payments
A term use by the IRS
Taxation and Reporting for Non-Salary Payments Guidance
Function:
Payment Taxation Compliance (PTC)
Procedure
Taxation and Reporting for Non-Salary Payments Procedure
Guidance for Taxable Non-Salary Payments
The Research Foundation for SUNY ("RF") may pay Non-Salary costs or benefits that are considered taxable and/or reportable by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS").
Some common examples of taxable Non-Salary Payments include:
Cash or cash equivalents (e.g., prizes, gift cards, gift certificates)
Housing or allowances
Personal use of a RF company vehicle
Moving expense reimbursements
Non-overnight meal reimbursements
In addition, taxable Non-Salary Payments provided to RF or SUNY employees are also considered taxable income if the benefit is received by someone other than the employee such as a spouse or child.
Taxation and Reporting for Non-Salary Payments Guidance
Function:
Payment Taxation Compliance (PTC)
Procedure
Taxation and Reporting for Non-Salary Payments Procedure
Guidance for Taxable Non-Salary Payments
The Research Foundation for SUNY ("RF") may pay Non-Salary costs or benefits that are considered taxable and/or reportable by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS").
Some common examples of taxable Non-Salary Payments include:
Cash or cash equivalents (e.g., prizes, gift cards, gift certificates)
Housing or allowances
Personal use of a RF company vehicle
Moving expense reimbursements
Non-overnight meal reimbursements
In addition, taxable Non-Salary Payments provided to RF or SUNY employees are also considered taxable income if the benefit is received by someone other than the employee such as a spouse or child.
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Luis M. Sosa
: Did some resarch and this is what it means. It's not about cuts or classification of workers.
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Thank you, Luis!
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Frank Gerace
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conversion to independent contractor status
i prefer the objective description of the action or status
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Francois Boye
: the prefix 'de' in the word 'Desalarización' means in Latin that the status of employee or worker has been interrupted, the reason being that employees have rights that independent contractors don't have
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payroll cost cutting
Reading asker's text and Oscar's reference, it seems to me this term is being used generically for the various ways in which employers cut payroll costs.
Re-classifying wokers as self-employed service providers is of course one of the best-known methods. Then there are employers who make their staff redundant then offer them the same jobs at reduced salaries.
Payroll Cost Cutting Strategies for Small Business Operators
https://saratelsolutions.com › Blog › Article
10 Dec 2019 — Employee expenses are costing your business an arm and a leg, from their salaries, health care benefits, bonuses, company insurance and tax ...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting | Oxford Mail
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk › news › 6638866.firm-c...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting. HANDLING other people's payrolls and invoices is proving profitable for a growing company, writes Chris Koenig.
Revealed: the inflationary payroll at 'cost-cutting' French Senate ...
https://www.mediapart.fr › journal › france › revealed-i...
French Senate president Gérard Larcher entered office on a high-profile campaign to cut spending and impose budgetary discipline within the French ...
Free Payroll Tools for Your Small Business | Workest - Zenefits
https://www.zenefits.com › workest › free-payroll-tools...
11 Sept 2020 — Because these costs are largely tied to compensation, it's easy to view payroll cost-cutting measures through the narrow lens of reducing ...
Deutsche Bank "cost cutting" Reviews | Glassdoor
https://www.glassdoor.com › ... › Deutsche Bank
24 Jan 2021 — ... who do generate P&L have been let go because Deutsche simply cannot afford to keep them on payroll. Cost-cutting is the name of the game ...
Rating: 3.9 · 8,170 votes
United Airlines Plans To Further Cut Schedule Amid U.S. Aid ...
https://www.nasdaq.com › articles › united-airlines-plan...
15 Apr 2020 — ... to announce payroll cost cutting options over the next few weeks, including new voluntary leave offerings and voluntary separation programs.
Payroll Cost Cutting Strategies for Small Business Operators
https://saratelsolutions.com › Blog › Article
10 Dec 2019 — Employee expenses are costing your business an arm and a leg, from their salaries, health care benefits, bonuses, company insurance and tax ...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting | Oxford Mail
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk › news › 6638866.firm-c...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting. HANDLING other people's payrolls and invoices is proving profitable for a growing company, writes Chris Koenig.
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Pueden ser ejemplos claros de desalarización la remuneración basada en propinas de las camareras/os en algunos contextos, o la mercantilización del trabajo de guías turísticos bajo el paraguas institucional de determinadas agencias de nuevo cuño.7 May 2018
¿QUÉ ES DESALARIZACIÓN? - DERECHO LABORAL
Re-classifying wokers as self-employed service providers is of course one of the best-known methods. Then there are employers who make their staff redundant then offer them the same jobs at reduced salaries.
Payroll Cost Cutting Strategies for Small Business Operators
https://saratelsolutions.com › Blog › Article
10 Dec 2019 — Employee expenses are costing your business an arm and a leg, from their salaries, health care benefits, bonuses, company insurance and tax ...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting | Oxford Mail
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk › news › 6638866.firm-c...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting. HANDLING other people's payrolls and invoices is proving profitable for a growing company, writes Chris Koenig.
Revealed: the inflationary payroll at 'cost-cutting' French Senate ...
https://www.mediapart.fr › journal › france › revealed-i...
French Senate president Gérard Larcher entered office on a high-profile campaign to cut spending and impose budgetary discipline within the French ...
Free Payroll Tools for Your Small Business | Workest - Zenefits
https://www.zenefits.com › workest › free-payroll-tools...
11 Sept 2020 — Because these costs are largely tied to compensation, it's easy to view payroll cost-cutting measures through the narrow lens of reducing ...
Deutsche Bank "cost cutting" Reviews | Glassdoor
https://www.glassdoor.com › ... › Deutsche Bank
24 Jan 2021 — ... who do generate P&L have been let go because Deutsche simply cannot afford to keep them on payroll. Cost-cutting is the name of the game ...
Rating: 3.9 · 8,170 votes
United Airlines Plans To Further Cut Schedule Amid U.S. Aid ...
https://www.nasdaq.com › articles › united-airlines-plan...
15 Apr 2020 — ... to announce payroll cost cutting options over the next few weeks, including new voluntary leave offerings and voluntary separation programs.
Payroll Cost Cutting Strategies for Small Business Operators
https://saratelsolutions.com › Blog › Article
10 Dec 2019 — Employee expenses are costing your business an arm and a leg, from their salaries, health care benefits, bonuses, company insurance and tax ...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting | Oxford Mail
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk › news › 6638866.firm-c...
Firm cashs in on payroll cost-cutting. HANDLING other people's payrolls and invoices is proving profitable for a growing company, writes Chris Koenig.
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Pueden ser ejemplos claros de desalarización la remuneración basada en propinas de las camareras/os en algunos contextos, o la mercantilización del trabajo de guías turísticos bajo el paraguas institucional de determinadas agencias de nuevo cuño.7 May 2018
¿QUÉ ES DESALARIZACIÓN? - DERECHO LABORAL
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Lisa Rosengard
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a phenomena of wage deconstruction
In modern day Columbia the phenomena of wage deconstruction is presented in the labour context, which can be accompanied by business politics or policies which seek to transfer economic risk activity to employees.
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phenomena are presented
phenomenon is presented
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Se trata de las obligaciones tributarias que tienen trabajadores. (Las obligaciones tributarias son las responsabilidades de pagar impuestos entre el sistema monetario.)
https://blog.ekomercio.co/que-es-la-desalarizacion-en-colomb...
"Sin perjuicio de lo anterior señalado, es importante señalar la diferencia entre el índice base de cotización (la cuota del precio) y el índice base de tributación (el sistema impositivo, de impuestos salariales) sobre los pagos que recibe el trabajador, pues en este último caso, debe entenderse que el 100% de los pagos que el empleador realiza, el trabajador por su salario, sean estos títulos de salario, o como pago no salarial, si son la base del pago de obligaciones tributarias.
Por lo tanto, para determinar la base de cotización de los aportes parafiscales, sólo se puede pactar una desalarización hasta un 40% de los pagos que recibe el trabajador, e implica la base de cotización, se calcula entonces sobre el 60% de dichos pagos, los cuales naturalmente se reputan como salario.
Sin embargo, para los pagos de tipo fiscal, la empresa, como empleadores y agente retenedor deberá tener en cuenta el 100% de los pagos realizados a los trabajadores sin importar si tienen naturaleza salarial o no, y con la base cumplen con sus obligaciones tributarias (hasta el sistema público de seguridad social)."
(EN: The above reference explains the system of taxation, by which employers have the duty to retain the complete 100% of employee wages, from which a 40% basic tax rate can be deducted to make the workers wages form a standard salary. 'Therefore, in order to determine the basic tax reduction rate from the para-fiscal contribution, no more than 40% can be agreed as a basic tax rate applied to worker salaries. The remaining 60% of those wages determine a continuing salary for workers with social security contributions. However, for payments of a fiscal rate, business owners, employers and agents retain the full 100% of employee base salaries from which tax contributions will be made, as a basis for continuing salaries.')
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phenomena are presented
phenomenon is presented
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Se trata de las obligaciones tributarias que tienen trabajadores. (Las obligaciones tributarias son las responsabilidades de pagar impuestos entre el sistema monetario.)
https://blog.ekomercio.co/que-es-la-desalarizacion-en-colomb...
"Sin perjuicio de lo anterior señalado, es importante señalar la diferencia entre el índice base de cotización (la cuota del precio) y el índice base de tributación (el sistema impositivo, de impuestos salariales) sobre los pagos que recibe el trabajador, pues en este último caso, debe entenderse que el 100% de los pagos que el empleador realiza, el trabajador por su salario, sean estos títulos de salario, o como pago no salarial, si son la base del pago de obligaciones tributarias.
Por lo tanto, para determinar la base de cotización de los aportes parafiscales, sólo se puede pactar una desalarización hasta un 40% de los pagos que recibe el trabajador, e implica la base de cotización, se calcula entonces sobre el 60% de dichos pagos, los cuales naturalmente se reputan como salario.
Sin embargo, para los pagos de tipo fiscal, la empresa, como empleadores y agente retenedor deberá tener en cuenta el 100% de los pagos realizados a los trabajadores sin importar si tienen naturaleza salarial o no, y con la base cumplen con sus obligaciones tributarias (hasta el sistema público de seguridad social)."
(EN: The above reference explains the system of taxation, by which employers have the duty to retain the complete 100% of employee wages, from which a 40% basic tax rate can be deducted to make the workers wages form a standard salary. 'Therefore, in order to determine the basic tax reduction rate from the para-fiscal contribution, no more than 40% can be agreed as a basic tax rate applied to worker salaries. The remaining 60% of those wages determine a continuing salary for workers with social security contributions. However, for payments of a fiscal rate, business owners, employers and agents retain the full 100% of employee base salaries from which tax contributions will be made, as a basis for continuing salaries.')
Example sentence:
"En la actualidad que vive Colombia se está presentando en los contextos laborales el fenómeno de la desalarización, el cual es un fenómeno de deconstrucción del salario, que puede ir ligado a políticas empresariales.
Se trata de la deflexibilización o las políticas que busquen transferir los riesgos de la actividad económica a los trabajadores."
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AllegroTrans
: That is the first line of the reference posted by Oscar, but it's not a translation of the term, besides which "phenomena" is a plural noun
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Reference comments
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andres-larsen
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Reference:
“desalarization” (treating wage items as if they were not) / outsourcing
LBC 105 OK.indd - CEPAL
https://www.cepal.org › files › files › S0900011_enPDF
J Weller · On the matter of wages, the technique of “desalarization” (treating wage items as if they were not) merits some criticism.
https://www.cepal.org › files › files › S0900011_enPDF
J Weller · On the matter of wages, the technique of “desalarization” (treating wage items as if they were not) merits some criticism.
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patinba
: The definition is correct, but it should not be confused with outsourcing. The workers are still employees.
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philgoddard
: Though patinba is right - it's not outsourcing. You could post something like this as an answer.
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Discussion
Es un neologismo, no viene ni en el diccionario. Yo lo describiría o porque usar otro neologismo, si la reiteración invita a ello, no parece fácil ni que resulte comprensible
salary cut