• Over 18 and under 65 = 410 000,00 per month

• Maximum = 10,00 hours (p/d)

• Maximum = 45,00 hours (p/w)

• Average working hours a day comes out to be 7.5 hours.

• Sundays will be a holiday. Rest days will begin at the latest at 9:00 p.m. on the day before Sunday or a holiday and will end at 6:00 a.m. the day after, except for time changes that occur due to the rotation of work shifts.

• Minimum = 30,00 minutes

• Breastfeeding Breaks
  The employees will have the right to have at least 1 hour a day, to feed their children under two years of age. The time consumed for the purpose of breastfeeding shall be considered as working time and cannot be in any case, waived by the employees who have children under the age of 2 years old.

• Maximum = 2,00 hours p/d

• No more than 2 overtime hours per day). Overtime must be paid with a 50% surcharge.

Public holidays 2023

17 public holidays

• Jan. 1: New Year’s Day

• Good Friday

• Holy Saturday

• May 1: Labor Day

• May 21: Navy Day

• Closest Monday to June 29: Holiday of St. Peter & Paul

• July 16: Holiday of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

• Aug. 15: Holiday of the Assumption of Mary

• Sept. 17-19: National holiday, Army Day and Independence Day

• Closest Monday to Oct. 12: Columbus Day

• Closest Friday to Oct. 31 (unless the date falls on a Thursday): Reformation Day

• Nov. 1: All Saints’ Day

• Dec. 8: Holiday of the Immaculate Conception

• Dec. 25: Christmas

• Dec. 31: bank holiday (typically a shortened workday but not a full holiday in other sectors)

• maximum = 15 days

• The holiday cannot be compensated in money. Every employee, with ten years of work, for one or more employers, continuous or not, will be entitled to an additional day of holiday for every three years worked, and this excess will be susceptible to negotiation via individual or collective agreement.

• Vacation time can be accrued for up to 2 consecutive years.

• An employer whose employee has accumulated 2 consecutive years of holidays, must grant at least half of the holiday before completing the year that entitled the employee to a new period.

• Medical exam leave – Maximum p/a = 0,50 (days)

• Vacation leave – maximum p/a = 0,50 (days)

• No annual limit on the number of days of sick leave that an employee can take. Depend on the medical license extended by the doctor.

• 3 days or less of sick leave = no paid leave.

• 4 – 10 days of sick leave = paid leave
  more than than 10 days of sick leave = paid leave

• Female employees over 40 years of age and and male employees over 50 years of age who are employed for a term greater than 30 days have the right to half a day’s leave, once a year during the term of the employment relationship, to undergo medical examinations. Considered as hours worked by an employee, and permits for such leave cannot be compensated in money even after the termination of employment.

• In the cases of public vaccination programs or campaigns for the control and prevention of communicable diseases, all employees shall be entitled to half a day’s leave for vaccination.

• Minimum (p/a) = 18 weeks paid leave

• 100% of gross monthly income

• 5 days paid leave

• 100% of regular pay

• Minimum (p/a) = 7 days

• There is one-month tenure protection for employees who suffer the death of a child or spouse beginning from the date of death.

• Minimum p/a = 10 days paid leave

• Minimum p/a = 5 working days paid leave

• 1 year of unpaid adoption leave.

• If the minor is less than 6 months old the parent is entitled to an allowance for adoption for a period of 12 weeks.

• Employee mother with a child under 1 year of age dealing with serious illness allowed to take leave and allowance in cases of prenatal, postnatal, and paternal postnatal leaves, during the period prescribed by the health service. Mother can decide to take this leave or give it to the father.

• Employee with a child older than 1 year and below 18 years, who has suffered from a serious accident or life-threatening illness = paid leave of absence for the number of hours equivalent to 10 working days per year, distributed at the employee’s choice in full, partial or combined days.

• 30 days

• Employer can produce an immediate termination,
  without notice requirements. Other terminations require 30 days’ notice. Immediate terminations are allowed as well, if paying a severance in lieu of notice (1 month capped remuneration).

• Pay due = 1 months salary

• If there is no agreement on this matter or if the agreed amount is lower than the legal severance pay, the legal severance must be paid.

• May not exceed 11 months; that is, 11 years of rendered services; and the amount of the remuneration for this purpose may not exceed 90 UFs.

• No probationary periods, except for a two-week term for domestic workers.

• Companies must distribute 30% of net profit to the employees, calculated in proportion to the employee’s salary.

• The employer may pay a bonus of 25% of the yearly salary, but the bonus cannot exceed 4.75 monthly minimum wages.