Adaptation of Breastfeeding Support Rooms
Through Interministerial Agreement No. 003 between the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Health (April 23, 2019), regulations were issued for the adaptation and use of breastfeeding support rooms by natural or legal persons, de facto partnerships, and any entity acting as an employer with at least one worker in a breastfeeding period.
Effects of Force Majeure or Fortuitous Event on Individual Employment Contracts
Article 169 of the Labour Code, in listing lawful grounds for ending an individual employment contract, includes the sixth item:
Employer-Sponsored Retirement
Employer-Sponsored Retirement is the right of a worker to receive a monthly pension from their former employer for the rest of their life, plus an additional year of payment to their heirs, if any.
This right is established when an employee has worked for the same employer, continuously or intermittently, for twenty-five (25) years or more.
Regulation to the Arbitration and Mediation Law
Through Executive Decree 165, published in the Official Registry on August 26, 2021, the
“Regulation to the Arbitration and Mediation Law” was issued, further developing several provisions of the Arbitration and Mediation Law.
Workplace Harassment
The Organic Law of Public Service and the Labour Code have incorporated a new and important concept into labour legislation, one that must be taken into account by both private companies and public institutions. Following Article 46 of the Labour Code and Article 24 of the Organic Law of Public Service, an unnumbered article was […]