Defense And Guarantee Of Employees' Individual And Collective Rights

• Published date: 15 March 2023
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Employee Rights/ Labour Relations
• Law Firm: CorralRosales
• Author: Mr Edmundo Ramos

By Official Supplement Gazette No. 252 of February 1, 2023, it was published the Organic Reformatory Law to several Laws for the Defense and Guarantee of the Individual and Collective Rights of Employees which amends some articles of the Labor Code, in the following terms:

1. Numeral 25 of Article 42 of the Code was amended as follows:
In the case of replacements, when the replacing employee returns to his job, he shall return with the same remuneration he received and to the same occupation he performed. This return to the initial working conditions, shall not be considered a reduction in remuneration nor a change of occupation without consent.

2. Article 57 of the Code was amended as follows:
By agreement of the parties the ordinary working day must be split in two parts. The resting time in-between workdays should...