Law 1618, 2013 guarantees the recognition of the rights of persons with disabilities, including affirmative actions to eliminate all forms of discrimination in accordance with 1346, 2009 Law.
This provision ensures the following: recognition of the rights of children with disabilities; accompanying families; the right to habilitation and rehabilitation; to health; to education; to social
Yes, disabled employees are protected against discrimination in Venezuela pursuant to the Disable Person’s Law and the Organic Law on Prevention, Working Conditions, and the Work Environment. In fact, there is an express prohibition of discrimination by reason of incapacity.
The purpose of the Disabled Persons’ Law is to establish the rules according to which
This post was contributed by Valentina Albarrán, Associate, Norton Rose Caracas.
Youth Employment Law On October 8th, 2014 a Youth Employment Law (the “Law”) was approved by the Venezuelan President under the Enabling Law granted to the Executive Power by the Venezuelan Parliament.
The Law has yet to be published in the Official Gazette of
This post was contributed by Yanet C. Aguiar, Partner, Norton Rose Caracas and Valentina Albarrán, Associate, Norton Rose Caracas.
In the modern age, work has become an increasingly important part of a person’s life. From the standpoint of western civilization, work is not only viewed as an activity people do in order
This post was written by María Gabriela Vicent, Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright (Caracas)
A new Law for Registration and Enlisting for the Integral Defense of the Nation (the “Law”) was enacted on June 25, 2014, forcing individuals and companies to register in the Integral Defense Registry (Military registry).
Among the obligations set by the Law
Under Colombian legislation employees hired by their employers by means of an employment agreement are entitled to mandatory rest days, such as national holidays which are stated in the Colombian Labor Code.
According to Article 177 of the mentioned code, employees (…) are entitled to paid rest days on the following holidays, both of civil
Venezuelan labor rights may not be waived by the parties, that is, they are rules of public policy and the Labor Law’s provisions must be applied even over the will of the parties. In addition, the principles of favor, non-waivability, intangibility and progressiveness of labor rights are a warranty to prevent a retreat in achieved
When analyzing employees’ right´s on redundancy, caused by the unilateral termination on behalf of the employer, Colombian legislation has determined that the compensation to be paid must include amounts derived from lost profits and direct damages.
Redundancy rights in Colombia will vary depending on the time worked and the salary accrued.
In fix term labor
Employees’ rights on redundancy in Venezuela
The general rule under the Venezuelan Labor Law is that, no worker can be dismissed without just cause unless she/he is offered an indemnity for dismissal equal to the amount of her/his seniority benefit and she/he accepts it – Job Stability -. However, since 2002, workers are protected with
Law 1010, 2006 regulates the protection for victims of labor harassment that denounce behaviors or conducts at the work place such us: assault, aggression, humiliation, inconsiderate and offensive treatment or outrage.
The law includes a special protection in favor of the victim that denounces harassing conducts. According to the mentioned protection, the victim of harassment