Asignación Familiar (AF)

Contributory benefit paid via Cajas de Compensación to all employees on 4 income bands:

• Band A (≤ CLP 620,251/month income): CLP 22,007/month/child
• Band B (CLP 620,251–905,941): CLP 13,505/month/child
• Band C (CLP 905,941–1,412,957): CLP 4,268/month/child
• Band D (> CLP 1,412,957): CLP 0 (no AF)
• Paid until age 18 (24 if studying), no limit if disabled

Subsidio Familiar (SUF)

Non-contributory benefit for low-income families not eligible for AF:

• CLP 22,007/month per child (same as Band A AF)
• Conditions: Social Household Register (RSH) ≤ 60% of scale, child vaccination, school enrolment
• Paid by IPS (Instituto de Previsión Social)
• Beneficiaries: ~1.5 million children

Bolsa Familiar — Chile Seguridades y Oportunidades

Programme for families in extreme poverty:

• CLP 40,000–80,000/month by family composition
• Personalised social support (24 months)
• ~170,000 beneficiary families

Bonos especiales — extra grants

• Bono al Trabajo de la Mujer: bonus for working women 25–59 on low incomes
• Bono por Hijo Nacido Vivo: pension bonus for mothers (1-year equivalent per child)
• Aporte Familiar Permanente: annual lump sum of CLP 56,000 in March for SUF/AF Band A families

Parental leave — Postnatal Parental

Total 30-week parental leave:

• Pre-natal: 6 weeks before birth
• Post-natal: 12 weeks after birth
• Postnatal Parental: 12 additional weeks (option 100% + 12 weeks, or 50% + 18 weeks)
• Benefit: 100% of salary (capped at 78.3 UF, ~CLP 3,070,000/month)
• Paid by FONASA / Isapre via the employer
• Father can take 6 weeks (transferred from the mother)

Paternity leave — 5 days

Permiso del padre: 5 working days at 100% of salary, to use within the month after birth. A proposed reform would extend to 10 days.

Salas Cuna — workplace nurseries

Legal obligation (Art. 203 Código del Trabajo) for companies with 20+ women to provide a workplace nursery or fund an external nursery for children < 2. A 2024 reform aims to extend this regardless of gender.

Official sources

• IPS Chile — Asignación Familiar
• IPS Chile — Subsidio Familiar
• SUSESO — Postnatal Parental