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Employers are facing a profound change in the rules of the labor game. The reduction of the weekly working hours, which will go to 44 hours starting July 15, 2025, and then continue to decrease until reaching 42, seems on paper to be a positive measure: working less without earning less. But the truth is that, in practice, each hour is now worth more.
Within labor relations, employers must comply with the obligations agreed upon in the employment contract, as well as those contained in Article 57 of the Substantive Labor Code, which includes, among others, the affiliation and payment of contributions to comprehensive social security: health, pension, and occupational risk insurance for their workers, as regulated by Law 100 of 1993.
Decree No. 719 of 2024 amends key aspects of the General System of Social Security in Health, and focuses on guaranteeing the continuity of affiliates in the event of...
In the competitive business world, it is crucial to understand the practices that can affect free competition and fairness in the market. In Colombia, Law 1340 of 2009 and...
The term LegalTech, a combination of the English words 'legal' and 'technology', refers to the intersection between new digital technologies and the practice of law....
The incidence of cancer in Colombia and worldwide has increased significantly in recent decades, becoming one of the main public health concerns. The enactment of...
Custom is a form of behavior that has been established in society and is followed in a public, general, and repeated manner. It is a practice that people...
Within the comprehensive social security system – Law 100 of 1993, the different ways of accessing pension economic benefits have been regulated for those workers who...
Since the coronavirus pandemic, the labor world has accelerated the adoption of one of the contracting modalities already regulated by our legal system, "TELEWORK," because, although this type of contract has existed for decades, the health crisis, coupled with the need to use new technologies and digitalization, allowed the consolidation of telework as one of the predominant contracts in the labor sector today. In Colombia, Law 1221 of 2008 and its Regulatory Decree 884 of 2012, as well as Resolution 2827 of 2017 of the Ministry of Labor, regulate the purpose and aim of this type of contract, and also establish the minimum occupational safety and health conditions that must be guaranteed; these regulations oblige employers to implement adequate OSH measures for teleworkers, who must have the same conditions of protection as those working in the company's offices.
Both private companies, associations, and public entities are obligated to the National Database Registry (RNBD) before the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), provided that, according to current regulations, they have total assets exceeding 100,000 Tax Value Units (UVT).
The consumption of psychoactive substances and intoxicating beverages can generate significant risks to the health and safety of workers. These substances can affect the concentration, coordination, and...
The employer, in its subordinate capacity, has the authority to initiate disciplinary processes against any worker who fails to comply with the obligations or incurs the prohibitions set forth in the regulations. However, it is important to identify when such employee has an addictive tendency and the disciplinary process is initiated for a different cause, and when the process is initiated due to the consumption of addictive substances during the workday or reporting to work under their influence.
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