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#Panama 🇵🇦 #BDS_LaborAlert: Paternity Leave Protection Effective from January 1, 2024

In 2021, Act 238 was published in the Official Gazette, which extended the scope of the maternity leave protection regime to include fathers, commonly known as "paternity leave protection regime." Article 7 of this law stated that it would come into effect the day after the lifting of the state of emergency declared due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

#ElSalvador 🇸🇻 #BDS_AlertaLaboral: CONAPINA Establishes Amounts Employers Can Provide to Employees for CAPI Services

At the end of last year, a reform to the Crecer Juntos Act allowed for the creation of a new...

#Nicaragua 🇳🇮 #BDS_LaborAlert: National Holiday on May 30, 2024, Mother’s Day

May 30 is a national holiday, as declared by the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua,...

#ElSalvador 🇸🇻 #BDS_LaborAlert: June 1st Declared Holiday for Presidential Inauguration

Recently, it was approved to declare June 1st a paid holiday for the private sector, in honor of...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_LaborAlert: Published "Law to Facilitate the Notification Processes for the Commencement of Disciplinary Procedures for Sexual Harassment or Mobbing at Work and Schools”

On Friday, April 26, 2024, Act 10454, titled “Law to facilitate the notification processes for the...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_LaborAlert: Bill Passed Requiring Employers to Grant Paid Leave to Workers Accompanying Family Members to Medical Appointments

Yesterday, Monday, April 22nd, 2024, the proposed textof File No. 23,389, a new bill aiming to...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_LaborAlert: The Transfer of the Celebration of July 25th for this Year is Annulled

Through Act 10.438, an amendment has been introduced to the second paragraph of Article 148 of the...

#DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 #BDS_LaborAlert: Salary Increase and Adjustments for the Private Sector

In 2023, the National Salary Committee (NSC) established a 19% salary increase for the...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_LaborAlert: Government Officializes Holidays for the Public Sector During Holy Week

The Government of Costa Rica has officially sanctioned collective holidays for public servants...

#ElSalvador 🇸🇻 #BDS_LaborAlert: Update on the Salvadoran Fire Department Law

The Committee on Legislation and Constitutional Matters has issued a favorable opinion to reform...