One of the issues that causes the most expectation among Colombians is the progress of the reforms proposed by the government of President Gustavo Petro. One of them is the labor reform, which aims to provide protection to the country’s employees. However, experts have warned that it may have negative consequences for employment.
The paper, next to be debated, has a total of 82 itemulosof which there is already a consensus in the parties of 46 of these; however, the rest will be defined during the debate in the Legislature.
(Labor reform could slow down poverty reduction).
For this reason, EL TIEMPO compiled some of the changes that would take place in the labor market and the effects that can be transferred to Colombian workers, this in case the bill is approved as it is established in the Congress of the republic.
day work It would start at 6:00 a.m. and end until 7:00 p.m. After that time, nightly charges will be charged.
Overtime work hours, whether during the day or night shift, may not exceed two hours a day and 12 hours a week.. When the working day is extended, by agreement between employers and employees, to nine hours a day, you can only work one extra hour that same day.
(The type of contract that labor proposes for app distributors).
In this section, the security and health sectors are excepted.
Faced with the overtime count, the bill states that the employer would have to keep a supplementary work count for each worker specifying their name, position and number of hours worked with the precision of whether they have been day or night. This would be delivered to the worker together with the payroll slip.
On a mandatory recess day or holiday, the work would be remunerated with a total surcharge (today it is 75% of the ordinary salary), taking it in proportion to the hours worked.
Its implementation would be gradual and would take place as follows:
– From July 2024, the surcharge would be increased to 80%.
– Desire July 2025, the surcharge would be increased to the 90%.
– From July 2026, the full payment application.
(‘Leisure economy’, the one that would be most impacted by the labor reform).
Ordinary working days
It is understood that the maximum duration of the ordinary work day is eight hours a day, in addition to the maximum work week being 42 hours. These may be distributed, by mutual agreement between employer and employee, five or six days a week, always guaranteeing the day of rest.
According to the provisions of the labor reform, any worker who earns up to two minimum wages would be entitled to an annual increase in their salary.
This increase would have to be a percentage, at least, equal to that of the inflation caused as of December 31, and this would have to be applied retroactively to January 1 of each new year.
(‘Apps’ delivery, in suspense for the labor reform).
It should be noted that currently this adjustment is only mandatory for an estimated 3.5 million people who receive a minimum wage in the country. There is no legal provision that orders an increase for the rest of the workers; although many companies do.
Learn about the other changes in the labor reform project in the following note.
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*With information from EL TIEMPO – ECONOMÍA
