In a text of 77 articles revealed this Monday, the Government condensed what will be the adjustment of the labor market that it has been preparing with a view to its presentation before the Congress of the Republic on March 16. The document consists of 37 pages, in whose drafting several actors who were at the table of labor and salary policies participated.
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Among the main points that stand out in this initiative is, for example, articles 10, 11 and 12, which define the elements in relation to the types of contracts. The indefinite-term contract stipulates that “the worker may terminate it by means of written notice in advance of not less than thirty (30) days, so that the person employed can replace him.”
Faced with the fixed-term and work or work contract, it is indicated that “it cannot be used for permanent activities in the company, it must always be in writing, for its celebration and extensions it will be necessary to specify precisely in the contract: the cause for which it is contracted for said term and its connection with the expected duration or otherwise it will be understood to be held for an indefinite term.
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Another controversial issue that has been discussed at the tripartite table is the working day. Article 19 of the project establishes that daytime work is the one that is carried out in the period between six hours (6:00) and eighteen hours (18:00).
While night work is the one that is carried out in the intermediate period between eighteen hours (18:00) and six hours the following day (6:00).
Regarding Sundays and holidays, article 18 of the project indicates that this is remunerated “with a surcharge of one hundred (100%) on the ordinary salary in proportion to the hours worked, without prejudice to the ordinary salary to which the worker will be entitled for having worked the whole week.
