The rights that the employees do have to notice on termination of employment will mostly depend on the termination motive.
According to Colombian labor legislation, employment agreements may terminate (i) without cause; (ii) with cause; (iii) due to the expiration of the term of duration; (iv) due to the termination of the task or
Traditionally the grounds of sexual orientation have become a condition to discriminate. In Colombia, legal provisions focus in the prohibition of all forms of discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation and gender identity.
According to Article 13 of the Colombian Political Constitution, each individual is born free and equal before the law, the same protection
According to Article 158 of the Colombian Labor Code, the working shift may be agreed by the employer and the employee. In absence of such agreement, the working shift will be the maximum determined by law.
The maximum working schedule is of eight daily hours and forty-eight (48) weekly hours. The daytime working shift
Article 145 of the Labor Code, states the right that every employee has to receive a minimum wage that allows fulfilling personal and familiar needs. According to labor provisions in this regard, the following criteria shall be taken into account when determining the amount of the minimum wage: cost of living, working modalities, companies´ economic
To begin with, employment discrimination on grounds of age is not a problem only for workers in a specific age group in Colombia. For instance, young people feel discriminated against because of their lack of experience when seeking jobs for the first time, and the elderly feel rejected and undervalued when they are interested in
In Colombia, companies are not obliged to request authorization from the unions to carry out downsizing processes.
However, it is advisable to review if the collective bargaining agreements entered into with the unions include any obligation in this regard.
According to Colombian labor law, redundancy, economic reasons and the fact that a role is no
Traditionally religion and other beliefs have become a condition to discriminate. In Colombia, legal provisions focus in the prohibition of all forms of discrimination based on demonstration of religion or belief in worship.
According to Article 19 of the Colombian Political Constitution, freedom of religion is guaranteed. Every individual has the right to freely profess
On November 17, 2014, the President of the Republic issued Decree Nº 1.431 (the Decree), through which he increased the minimum salary for public and private sector workers by 15%. Such became effective on December 1, 2014.
The Decree fixed the following scales for workers’ minimum salaries, with effect on December 1, 2014,
This post was contributed by Yanet C. Aguiar, Partner, and Valentina Albarrán, Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Caracas.
Social media has become the new way of expression of everyone, from children to adults, now more than ever people share their lives. There is no question about each person’s right to share as much of their personal
On November 13, 2014, the President issued a Decree with the Rank, Value and Force of Partial Amendment of the Nutrition Law for the Workers (“Nutrition Law”).
The most innovative aspects of the amendment of the Nutrition Law, are the following:
The Nutrition Law increased the basis for the calculation