Labor and Employment Law

It was published in the official gazette the Decree-Law no. 167/2019, of 21 November, ruling the increase of the minimum monthly wage to € 635,00, with effects from January 1, 2020, onwards.

Laws no. 90/2019 and 93/2019, of September 4, were published in Diário da República, which introduced the following amendments regarding the parenting protection regime:

On April 12, 2019 was published on Diário da República the Decree n. º 112-A/2019 that regulates the creation of the Contract-Generation measure (hereinafter “measure”), which consists on the assignment of financial incentives to indefinite and simultaneous hiring of young searching for their first job and unemployed of long and very long term.

Although the Act on Employee Capital Plans came into force on 1 January 2019, businesses still have time to make preparations for when the new laws take effect. 

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, Regulations on Legislative Decree No 1405, was published, which adds to and clarifies the rules in force and enables companies to identify the main rules they must follow in relation to the taking of vacation entitlement among their workers.

Article by de Misericordia Borràs, partner at Labor & Emploinment Law department.

It was published in the official gazette the Ordinance no. 23/2019, of January 17, increasing the work accident pensions for 2019 in 1.60 %.