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#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #ArticlesBDS: Major considerations to avoid discrimination at work

Our Labor Code (LC) has always included provisions intended to protect and avoid discrimination at work; however, following the 2017 reform to the LC, actually known as the “Labor Procedure Reform”, the discrimination-related criteria established up to such date were expanded, as a result of which Article 404 included the prohibition of any form of discrimination at work  “…on grounds of age, ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, race, sexual...

#Panama 🇵🇦 #LaborAlertBDS: Appropriate handling of workshifts during national holidays

As November begins, the commemoration of Panama’s national holidays is just around the corner,...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDSImmigrationAlert: PCR COVID-19 negative test will no longer be required to tourists

On October 22, Mr. Gustavo Segura, Minister of Tourism, confirmed that as from October 26 Costa...

#DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 Updated measures adopted in light of #COVID19

The following presidential decrees were enacted on October 15, 2020:

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #ArticlesBDS: Is it legal to temporarily suspend employment contracts of pregnant or breastfeeding workers?

Since the declaration of the state of emergency as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on March...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #LaborAlertBDS: On social contributions to be paid by every employer in the country

Act 9906 "Law to Protect the Right of Workers to Withdraw Supplementary Pension Funds" was...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #LaborAlertBDS: Enjoyment of the September 15th holiday

This year, the enjoyment of the September 15th holiday - which commemorates Costa Rica’s 199...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #ArticlesBDS: How does the decrease in the minimum tax base benefit me?

In accordance with the national legal framework on social security, all employers and workers...

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #LaborAlertBDS: Amendment and addition to Executive Decree No. 42248-MTSS

#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #ArticleBDS: Labor consequences of improper handling of social media

Proper use of social media is of vital importance in the workplace, not only for companies...