Final employment payments: organise the calculation first
Gather dates, salaries and receipts before calculating final employment payments, keeping each component and its applicable regime separate.
Before looking for a final settlement total, gather the inputs. The multiplication can be correct while the employment regime, dates or salary base are wrong.
Assemble the record
Collect the actual start and end dates, ordinary salaries, holidays taken, Christmas-salary payments and agreements. Identify why employment is ending. Resignation, dismissal and desahucio are not interchangeable descriptions.
Separate the components
In the general regime, articles 76–80 address notice and severance. Holidays and the Christmas salary have their own rules. Avoid combining everything into one unexplained amount or paying a documented component twice.
As a mathematical example of the general scale, three complete years represent 63 severance days: 21 × 3. That operation does not establish whether the general regime applies to the person.
Check the regime for household work
Articles 258–265 specifically address domestic employment. Do not assume every household worker receives general-regime severance because a calculator accepts their salary.
Keep a readable breakdown
Retain the inputs, result and payment receipts. Explain the components being paid. Resolve disputed dates or amounts before treating assumptions as established facts. A traceable record is useful for both parties, even when the final amount is agreed outside the calculator.
