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As of July 15, 2023, all workers will go to their workplace one hour less per week. Of the current 48, the working day will have 47 by law. This reduction obeys Law 2101 of 2021, which determines that the Colombian working day will gradually decrease until reaching 42 in 2026. In an interview with EL TIEMPO, Catalina Santos, a partner in the labor team of the firm Brigard Urrutia, answers the questions that both companies and employees have.(You can also read: Working hours: what is the economic impact of reducing it to 47 hours this year) When will the…

Despite the fact that the covid-19 pandemic ended the dream of some entrepreneurs to grow and expand, others whose plans were already underway had no alternative but to move forward and face this difficult circumstance.happened to Little Caesar's Pizza, a company founded in 1959, in Detroit (Michigan), with more than six decades of operations and presence in 28 countries. Their landing in the country coincided with that of the pandemic, and although this delayed the opening of their first points, turning back was not an option, according to what Jaime Press Eisenstein, their manager in Colombia, told EL TIEMPO.(You can…

Labor cost overruns due to night and Sunday surcharges are one of the main concerns that entrepreneurs in the country have regarding the project of labour reform that the Government is preparing and that it expects to file before Congress on March 16.And it is that one of the proposals that is being discussed between the Government, unions and employers is that the night shift do not go from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am but start from 6:00 pm, so working after that time would be considered as extra. In addition, it is sought that the surcharge for working on…

The differences between the Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélezand the one who until last week was his deputy minister, Belizza Ruiz —whom President Gustavo Petro has already asked to resign—, are growing more and more. Both have referred to the other in the last few hours. While Vélez assures that she asked him to resign because she "could not work as a team," Ruiz said that she left because she saw a series of practices that were "violating" the principles of professional knowledge. In addition, she confirmed that the minister lied to the country with the report on…