One of the government’s reforms Gustavo Petro It’s working. Among the first changes the proposal envisions are employee programs.
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In fact, the night shift is expected to start at 6 pm, not 9 am as it is now. Saturday counts as overtime.
There are even pilots for some companies in Colombia that have implemented four days a week working hours as in other countries.
Regarding the working hours that the project wants to work for Colombians during the week, Labor Minister Gloria Inés Ramírez told the magazine: Week that the proposal goes hand in hand with what is currently being processed.
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“Law 2101 of 2021 ordered the gradual reduction of the weekly working day from 48 hours to 42 hours,” Ramírez said.
Right from the middle of this year, this decrease will start to be seen in an hour at the latest. 48 to 47 hours per week.
Article 161 of the Material Labor Law states that the change in the intensity of working hours in the country began to be implemented as of July 2023.
Then, from July 2026, workers in Colombia are sought to work only 42 hours a week.
(In context: Hours of operation: fewer hours will be worked in Colombia from this year)
That being the case, what Gustavo Petro’s labor reform proposes goes hand in hand with what is already being done in the country.
Ramírez added that the “eight hours a day limit has been lifted, which is a cause for concern in international organizations such as the ILO, who are asking the Government to rectify this situation”.
The minister noted that the reform is designed to respect the limits of maximum daily working hours and to respond to international standards.
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