New Law Establishes New Performing Hrs

New Legislation Enacted

Regulation 2101 of 2021 was enacted to cut down the workweek in Colombia, to a maximum of 42 several hours for each 7 days, which may well be dispersed by mutual settlement between the employer and the personnel in 5 or 6 times for each week, guaranteeing a day of relaxation. The Regulation will be executed gradually, by five a long time, as follows: (i) Just after two many years of the legislation coming into drive, the get the job done 7 days will be diminished by 1 hour, ensuing in 47 hours. Following a few many years, the operate week will be lowered by 1 hour, ensuing in 46 hrs. On the fourth year, two additional several hours will be reduced, resulting in 44 hrs per week. On the fifth yr, the ensuing selection of weekly perform hours will be 42.

Parental Go away, Shared Parental Leave and Extended Paternity Leave

New Laws Enacted

Legislation 2114 of 2021 proven the “flexible component-time parental leave” and “shared parental leave,” and prolonged the paternity leave in Colombia. Less than the shared parental go away program, mom and dad may freely distribute the past six weeks of maternity depart amid on their own, as extended as they comply with the problems established forth in the regulation. Beneath the adaptable part-time parental go away, the mother and/or father may well opt for a flexible aspect-time parental go away, in which they may well trade a established time period of their maternity or paternity depart for a period of section-time perform, equal to double the time corresponding to the chosen time period of time. The regulation also prolonged the paternity depart in Colombia from 8 times to two months.

Remote Function Routine

New Laws Enacted

With Legislation 2121 of 2021, the Colombian congress legalized the distant work routine. The law, in part, establishes that the work deal can be executed by way of distant do the job in the course of the total work romantic relationship by usually means of the use of telecommunication systems.

Gender Equality in Work

New Laws Enacted

Regulation 2117 of 2021 establishes procedures to improve and endorse women’s equality concerning their entry to work and instruction in financial sectors in which they have historically had minimal participation. Particularly, in purchase to encourage and bolster women´s access to function and earnings era on equivalent terms, the Law fees the countrywide federal government with the responsibility to build courses that make certain the nondiscrimination of women in the workplace and the regard of the labor basic principle of “equal pay out for equal get the job done.” Even further, the government will have to encourage and style and design work teaching programs for females, and provide technological, organizational, and managerial assistance to micro, tiny, and medium-sized enterprises run by gals and individuals that utilize typically woman workforce.

New Labor Steadiness for Parents

New Legislation Enacted

Law 2141 of 2021 in section amended the Colombian Labor Code concerning labor security for mom and dad. Specifically, the regulation prohibits the termination of the work agreement of any employee whose husband or wife or spouse is expecting or in 18 months following childbirth and is not formally employed. Dismissal will only be authorized following currently being granted authorization by the labor inspector. The prohibition to terminate the agreement is brought on by the employer currently being notified of the being pregnant position of the employee´s spouse or lover. The employee will have up to just one month to deliver proof of his wife’s or partner’s being pregnant.