Global Employment Solutions & PEO in Chile

Omnipresent provides global employment solutions and professional employment organisation (PEO) services for companies looking to grow and build out a global team in Chile. Traditional methods of establishing global employment and subsidiaries in Chile typically take months and can incur heavy costs. Omnipresent’s global employment solutions and PEO services is helping hundreds of organisations onboard new employees in Chile in a matter of days with full compliance of local labour laws. We use a tech-forward approach to streamline the process. 

• Your company conducts the hiring and candidate selection process in Chile.
• Omnipresent hires the selected candidate through our local professional employment organisation in Chile.
• We take care of ensuring your new employee is hired in compliance with local labour laws, payroll regulations, benefits and more -- all without needing to set up a subsidiary in Chile.
• The individual is legally contracted by Omnipresent but assigned to work for your company and reports to a manager or team in your organisation as your full-time employee.

Employer costs include Unemployment, Work Accident Insurance, and Disability & Survival Insurance. Use the OmniCalculator to estimate costs, or contact us for further information.

The rate of personal taxation varies depending on the income tax bracket the individual belongs to. This ranges between 0% - 35.5%.

Employee contributions include Pension (Individual capitalization system), National Health Fund, and Unemployment Insurance. This list is non-exhaustive, please contact us for further information.

40 hours per week. Opt-out: limited. Certain types of employees are not subject to working hour limitations.

Overtime is capped and compensated.

Entitled to sick leave if can provide a medical certificate within 2 days from the beginning of the leave. The employer must forward the certificate to the health insurance within 3 days.  

• For the first 3 days of sick leave: not entitled to pay  

• From the 4th day onwards:  entitled to sick pay, however, it may be subject to a cap.

Maternity leave: 30 weeks paid maternity leave: 6 weeks before the birth and 24 weeks after, and is paid by health insurance. Paternity leave: 5 days of paid paternity leave. Some of maternity leave may be transferred to the father. Parental leave: Employees are entitled to 10 days of parental leave for a child under the age of 18 that requires personal care from their parents because of an accident or a serious or terminal illness, or probable risk of death.

If the employee has been employed for at least 1 year they are entitled to 15 working days’ paid leave + an additional 16 days of public holidays.  

Only required for termination without cause and after 1 year of continuous employment.

Termination in most cases is only permitted for cause and for valid reasons such as mutual agreement, resignation, expiration of a contract, breach of contract, company needs or reorganisation.

There are strict processes around termination that must be followed. Written notice must state the cause and effective date and be signed in person by the employee or sent by certified mail to their home address, AND filed with the Chilean Labor Ministry. After the termination letter is given, the employer must prepare a severance agreement.