Labor Minister Luis Miguel De Camps has submitted a comprehensive reform of the country’s Labor Code to the Senate. This significant legislative proposal, which has been over a decade in the making, aims to modernize labor regulations, strengthen worker protections, and enhance the Ministry of Labor’s enforcement capabilities.
The measures introduce guidelines for teleworking, extend paternity leave, and have enhanced conditions for domestic workers and pay for overtime work.
One of the proposals establishes that if a worker has received 36 hours of uninterrupted rest in a week, any work done on Sunday would not be considered overtime and would be paid at the normal rate. The length of the workday is also being modified in the reformed Labor Code.
The new proposals call for improved conditions for domestic service workers. This would include controls over the length of the working day, pay, and the entry of domestic workers into the social security system. Vacations, maternity leave for both men and women, as well as limits on working hours are also part of the new proposals.
De Camps emphasized: “This is a product of consensus between workers and employers,” De Camps stated. “Now it’s up to Congress to make this a reality and update a law that is over 30 years old.”
The new code does not touch the issue of severance payments that continue as they are. Businesses say the high severance payments encourage informality and raise the cost of doing business.
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14 October 2024