Felipe González

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Professional at Cuevas Abogados

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Approval of the Law Project that Reduces Workdays to 40 Hours

On April 11, 2023, the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill that reduces the working day to 40 hours. The new obligations established by this law for employers will begin to govern in a differentiated way.

Imputation in the Abandonment of the Procedure and Interpretation of its Rules

The paper analyzes a judgment issued by the Supreme Court on the occasion of a judicial remedy, as a useful and suitable measure to interrupt the six-month period of Article 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure that regulates the abandonment of the procedure.

Declaration of a Single Employer and Infringement of the Company's Freedom of Contract: the Constitutional Court Declares the Unenforceability of Article 3 of the Labor Code

At the beginning of March 2022, and in a divided decision, the Constitutional Court declared the unenforceability for unconstitutionality of part of Article 3 of the Labor Code (case No. 11124-21). The latter provision regulates the conditions under which two or more companies may be considered as a single employer for labor and social security purposes, the key element being the existence of a common work management.