Publications - Labor and Employment
Normal age of access to old-age pension in 2020
Ordinance no. 50/2019, of February 8, was published today in the Official Gazette, foreseeing the age to accede the regular retirement pension in the Portuguese general social security system for 2020.
New coefficient values to be considered for determining the reference remuneration for calculating invalidity and old-age pensions
Ordinance no. 49/2019, of February 8, was published today in the official gazette, foreseeing the coefficient values to be used to update the annual remuneration to be considered for the purposes of determining the reference remuneration that serves…
Peru approves new rules to improve entitlement to vacation leave
At the end of 2018, Peru approved a legal reform implementing new rules designed to allow vacation leave to be taken in a way that contributes to work/life balance in the private sector. And on the following February 5, Supreme Decree No 002-2019-TR…
The government releases the Ministerial Order on 2019 Social Security Contributions
On February 2, 2019, the Spanish government published Order TMS/83/2019, of January 31, 2019, implementing the statutory provisions on contributions for social security, unemployment, and business income protection, to the wage guarantee fund, and…
Digital labor rights and substantial increases in contributions, some of the labor innovations for 2019
Chile sets new maximum base for calculating 2019 social security contributions
As from January 9, 2019, the new maximum monthly base for calculating health, retirement and occupational accident and professional illness social security contributions stands at 79.3 Unidades de Fomento (UF) (US $3,250). The new maximum…
Update of Indexing Reference for Social Support
It was published today in the official gazette the Ordinance no. 24/2019, of January 17, setting for the year of 2019, the indexing reference for social support in 435.76€.
Disconnecting from work: a new reality
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State Budget for 2019 - Employment and Social Security matters
The State Budget for 2019 was published. Please find below the major changes on employment and Social Security matters:
Can a company stop giving its employees a ticket in the Christmas Lottery?
Employment contracts can now be signed electronically in Colombia
During the Workshop on Digital Advances in Employment held on December 5, 2018, the Colombian Minister of Labor, Alicia Arango, announced that electronic and digital signatures are now permitted for employment contracts.
Smoking three packs of cigarettes a day does not prevent a heart attack from being considered as a work-related accident
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