Year-End Bonus and the Thirteenth Salary · World Questions

Which country's statutory bonus law requires the employer to pay a minimum percentage (8.33% of wages) even in a loss-making year?

Where you work, how does the year-end bonus actually work?

One country requires this money to be paid in full seven days before a religious holiday, never in instalments, with a percentage fine for lateness — and because that holiday follows the Islamic calendar, the actual date moves earlier every year. Which country is this?

If you've ever received a year-end bonus or something like it, which of these comes closest to your experience?

Which of these comes closest to how you think about a year-end payment?

In which country is the year-end payment legally part of the wage itself — a full year earns a month's pay, late payment is penalised, and workers can sue?

In which of these countries does the statutory bonus floor not depend on whether the company made a profit — even a loss-making year still owes the minimum?

Have you ever received a year-end bonus, a thirteenth salary, or something like it?

One country requires that a year-end payment be paid in full seven days before a religious holiday, never in instalments, with a percentage fine for lateness — and because that holiday follows the Islamic calendar, the date moves about eleven days earlier every year. Which country is this?

Thinking about a bonus you've actually received, which of these comes closest?

Which country requires this year-end payment to be paid in full seven days before a religious holiday, never in instalments, with a 5 percent fine for lateness?

If where you live has a tradition of extra money at year's end, what do you usually do with it?

Of these four countries, in which one is the year-end bonus (or its equivalent) paid twice a year rather than once?

Which best describes the year-end bonus (or equivalent) you actually get?

For you, that end-of-year money is which of these?

In this market, the year-end payment isn't a bonus at all — it's part of the wage: a full year of work earns a month's pay, less than a year is prorated, and it must be settled on dismissal. The first instalment is due by 30 November, the second by 20 December, with fines for lateness, and workers can take it to court. Which market is this?

Based on your own experience, which of these best describes a year-end bonus where you are?

In one country, the statutory bonus floor is 8.33 per cent of wages and the ceiling 20 per cent, and the floor holds even in a loss-making year — profit has nothing to do with it. Payment is due within eight months of the close of the accounting year, though most employers pay early so the money lands before the year's biggest shopping season. Which country is this?

Which of these best describes the year-end bonus you actually get?

In which country does the year-end bonus date shift earlier every year because it follows a religious holiday?

The extra pay you get (or used to get) at year's end — which of these comes closest?

This country's statutory bonus has a legal floor that applies regardless of whether the company made a profit — even a loss-making year still owes the minimum, the exact opposite of Taiwan's surplus condition. Payment is due within eight months of the accounting year's close, but most employers pay early so it lands before the year's biggest shopping season. Which country?

If you've ever received a year-end bonus, which of these best describes it?

In which country is the statutory bonus floor unrelated to whether the company made a profit — even a loss-making year still owes the minimum?

If you could design the rule, which version of a year-end bonus would you want?

A statutory bonus has a floor of 8.33 per cent of wages and a ceiling of 20 per cent, and the floor does not depend on the company making a profit — even a loss-making year still owes the minimum. Payment is due within eight months of the close of the accounting year, and most employers pay early so the money arrives before the year's biggest shopping season. Which market is this?

Which of these is closest to how your own year-end bonus (or one you know) actually works?

In one market, the statutory bonus floor is 8.33 per cent of wages and the ceiling is 20 per cent, and the floor does not depend on whether the company made a profit — a loss-making year still owes the minimum. Payment is due within eight months of the close of the accounting year, but most employers deliberately pay earlier so the money arrives before the year's biggest shopping season. Which market is this?

Which of these best matches the year-end bonus you're familiar with?

This country's year-end allowance law requires full payment seven days before a religious holiday, bans instalments, and fines 5 per cent for lateness. Which country is it?

If you could redesign your own year-end bonus system, which would you want?

In which country must the statutory bonus be paid at a minimum floor even in a loss-making year?

If you could choose, which year-end bonus logic would you want your employer to follow?

In which country must the statutory bonus be paid at its minimum rate even in a loss-making year?

If you could set the rule for a year-end bonus, which would you choose?

In this market, the year-end payment must be paid in full seven days before the religious holiday, never in instalments, with a 5 per cent fine for being late — and the date moves earlier every year because it follows Eid. Which market is this?

The year-end money you've received in your own work — which of these does it most resemble?

In which country is the year-end payment part of the wage rather than a bonus, split into two instalments — the first due by 30 November, the second by 20 December — with fines for lateness and workers able to take it to court?

Guess: in which country is the **thirteenth salary** an obligation legislated back in 1962, with penalties for paying late?

At the end of the year, do you get an extra payment?