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New National Holiday

New Legislation Enacted

Authors: César Gonzáles Hunt, Partner, and Amable Vasquez Baiocchi, Associate – Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Law 31788, enacted on June 15, 2023, established June 7 to be a new national holiday to celebrate the “Battle of Arica and Flag Day.” For practical purposes, this new holiday means that: (1) when this falls on a working day (Monday through Friday), it will not be considered as a working day for purposes of the accounting of judicial and administrative deadlines; (2) employees have the right to paid rest on such occasion, and must receive their ordinary remuneration corresponding to one day of work; and (3) the work performed on such date shall be paid with the surcharge corresponding to the work performed on a holiday, i.e., a surcharge of 100% or subject to substitute rest.

End of the Sanitary Emergency

Legal Compliance

Authors: César Gonzáles Hunt, Partner, and Amable Vasquez Baiocchi, Associate – Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

The Sanitary Emergency, continuously extended since March 2020, reached an end on May 25 of this year. Therefore, the labor obligations that were suspended or modified by the emergency are once again enforceable under the same terms that existed prior to the pandemic. This includes provisions related to the performance of occupational medical examinations, occupational health and safety services, audits of the occupational health and safety management system, and the election of the supervisor or committee on occupational health and safety.