Mandatory in writing (Article 177 CT) and only enforceable against the employee once RATIFIED before a ministro de fe (notary public or the Inspección del Trabajo); must be delivered within 10 BUSINESS DAYS of termination (Ley 21.361). An optional finiquito electrónico exists on the Mi DT portal (voluntary for the employee; not available if the employee is under 18 or termination was due to death).
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FINAL SETTLEMENT (FINIQUITO DE TRABAJO)
Employee: Employee name Termination date: Termination date Finiquito date: Finiquito payment/signing date
1. LEGAL BASIS 1.1. Under Article 177 of the Código del Trabajo (CT), this finiquito documents all amounts proportionally accrued and owed on separation. 1.2. Ground for termination (causal de término): Ground for termination (causal de término) 1.3. ⚠️ Under Ley 21.361, this finiquito must be delivered to the employee within 10 (TEN) BUSINESS DAYS of the termination date.
2. AMOUNTS 2.1. Outstanding wages (remuneraciones pendientes): Outstanding wages (remuneraciones pendientes) 2.2. Proportional annual leave (feriado proporcional): Proportional annual leave (feriado proporcional) 2.3. Severance for years of service (indemnización por años de servicio), if applicable: Severance for years of service (indemnización por años de servicio) 2.4. Substitute prior-notice indemnification, if applicable: Substitute prior-notice indemnification (indemnización sustitutiva) 2.5. Reservation of rights (reserva de derechos): Reservation of rights (reserva de derechos), if any 2.6. Form of payment: Form of payment
3. ⚠️ RATIFICATION — ARTICLE 177 CT 3.1. Ratification — WITHOUT ratification before a ministro de fe, this finiquito CANNOT be relied upon against the employee to bar a future labour claim.
SIGNATURES Employer ______________ Employee (receipt and full and final settlement) ______________ / Employee name / Ministro de fe (ratification stamp/signature) ______________
— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Chilean labour, social-security, data-protection and consumer-protection law (the Código del Trabajo — CT — including its Article 9 written-form deadlines, Article 11 amendment rule, Article 154 No. 10 RIOHS-based sanctions, Articles 159–163 bis termination regime, Article 162 aviso de término formalities, Article 168 increased indemnización for a wrongly invoked causal, Article 177 finiquito/ratificación ante ministro de fe requirement, and Article 211-A Ley Karin mandate; Ley 21.327 — Registro Electrónico Laboral / Mi DT; Ley 21.361 — finiquito, 10-business-day deadline, "Ley Bustos"; Ley 21.561 — Ley de 40 horas, phased 45→44→42→40h; Ley 21.643 "Ley Karin" and its DS 21/2024 investigation procedure; Ley 16.744 and DS 44/2024 — gestión preventiva, in force since 01.02.2025; DS 977/96 — Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos; Ley 19.628 and its successor Ley 21.719 — protección de datos personales, fully in force from 01.12.2026, Agencia de Protección de Datos Personales; Ley 19.496 and Ley 21.398 — Ley del Consumidor / LPC — and DS 6/2021 — Reglamento de Comercio Electrónico; Ley 21.368 — plásticos de un solo uso, fully in force since 13.02.2026; and Ley 20.918 — propina sugerida) is highly procedural, tied to fixed statutory deadlines (e.g. 15 business days — 5 for obra/faena — to put a contract in writing and register it in Mi DT, 10 business days for a finiquito, 3 business days to send a copy of a termination letter to the Inspección del Trabajo, 30 days for a Ley Karin investigation) and to penalties denominated in UTM (Unidad Tributaria Mensual, re-indexed monthly by the SII), not in ingreso mínimo. ⚠️ ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO VERIFY WITH YOUR ADVISORS: (1) the statutory workweek is being cut in stages under Ley 21.561 — 45h until 25.04.2024, 44h from 26.04.2024, 42h from 26.04.2026 (already in force), 40h from 26.04.2028 — confirm your contracts and anexos reflect the stage in force and that pay was not reduced; (2) Ley Karin (in force since 01.08.2024) requires EVERY employer, including a single-worker business, to have a written harassment-prevention protocol and investigation procedure — confirm yours is current with DS 21/2024; (3) DS 44/2024 replaced DS 40/1969 and DS 54/1969 on 01.02.2025 and offers simplified tools for employers with fewer than 25 workers, while the RIOHS itself is only mandatory from 10 workers (Art. 153 CT) — confirm which regime applies to you; (4) Ley 21.719 fully replaces Ley 19.628 from 01.12.2026 and creates the Agencia de Protección de Datos Personales, with fines up to 20,000 UTM (up to 4% of annual turnover on repeat breaches); empresas de menor tamaño (Ley 20.416) get a 12-month written-warning grace period from 12.2026 to 12.2027 — this is not a blanket exemption; (5) Ley 21.368 fully bans non-certified single-use plastics in dine-in service from 13.02.2026, with fines of 1–5 UTM PER ITEM handed out, enforced by municipalities; (6) boleta/factura electrónica, DTE and SII filings are issued through your accountant's (contador) authorised systems and are OUT OF SCOPE for this template — a contador is a de facto mandatory partner for any business with employees. This English text is a DRAFTING AID ONLY. It must be reviewed, translated into Spanish where required for validity/enforceability, and adapted by a Chilean labour/commercial lawyer (abogado) and accountant (contador) — and checked against current guidance from the Dirección del Trabajo (DT), the SEREMI de Salud, SERNAC and (from 01.12.2026) the Agencia de Protección de Datos Personales — before use.
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