Cuba has approved salary measures to encourage workers in the National Health System to stay in their jobs. These measures include an additional monthly fee for several years of service.
According to Resolution 21/2023 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security:
– Doctors, dentists, nurses, psychologists, technicians and other health professionals and technicians working in the budgetary department of the National Health Organization will receive an additional monthly salary for their annual service. After 30 years of service, they will increase by 400 pesos every two years. All time worked in the profession, whether continuous or not, is counted.
| Services provided over the years | Accumulated Monthly Amount (Pesos) |
| 5 | 1000 |
| 10 | 1400 |
| Fifteen | 1800 |
| Twenty | 2200 |
| 25 | 2600 |
| 30 | 3,000 |
– Workers employed in universities of medical sciences shall receive payment for years of service as established for higher education system.
– Doctors, dentists, nurses and technicians and other health professionals and technicians who work at night (7pm to 7am) will receive these payment amounts.
| Activities performed | Hourly Rate (Pesos/hour) |
| Physicians and Stomatologists | 50.00 |
| Nursing staff | 40.00 |
| Technicians, other graduates and health technicians | 30.00 |
– Doctors and dentists will be paid 50 pesos per hour for daytime work on weekends. It will be valid from 12 noon on Saturday to 7 am on Sunday.
– An additional fee is established for health professionals and technicians who work directly in high-demand health services and require greater responsibility, or require more physical or mental effort than normal to treat the characteristics of the pathology. This surcharge is paid for time exposed to special working conditions.
| Group of special working conditions | Physicians and Stomatologists | Nursing staff, psychologists, technologists, pharmacists and other professionals and technicians |
| Yo | 3.00 p.m | 1.20 |
| II | 4.50 | 2.30 p.m |
| III | 6.00 p.m | 3.50 |
| IV | 7.80 | |
| V | 9.00 |
Clarification: Rates (Pesos/per hour)
– Payments to health professionals are authorized for maximum effort by increasing care, teaching, research and other services that ensure the vitality of the health system.
– Additional fees are established for organizations, services and activities for a group of special working conditions.
Two annexes are part of this resolution, which includes the activities of the group of organizations, services and special working conditions, taking into account services that require more responsibility or require more physical and mental effort due to the characteristics of the pathology. to normal. You can consult them Resolution.
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