📋 Tender Overview
By 146 votes in favor and 1 abstention the Chamber approved and passed into law the bill that adapts the Labor Code on the protection of children and adolescents in the world of work. The norm indicates that adolescents of working age are understood to be those over 15 years of age adolescent without working age to those who are between 14 and under 15 and boy or girl to those under 14 years of age.The initiative proposed by the government was dispatched from the Chamber in July of this year after which the Senate partially changed the order of the regulations and specified elements to increase the protection of this population. In this line it established that protected adolescent work is that carried out by adolescents of working age which is not considered dangerous work and which by its nature does not affect their regular attendance at classes and or their participation in orientation or training programs professional as appropriate.It also adds that during the school year the total sum of the daily time allocated to educational activities and working hours may not exceed 12 hours . In no case will overtime work be appropriate. In labor terms the Senate proposal establishes that the employer must guarantee always and in any case conditions of safety and health at work for adolescents of working age as well as the same rights to food and transportation to which they have access. other workers.The project establishes a series of requirements for hiring adolescents of working ageMake it protected adolescent work. Have authorization from parents guardian legal representative or in their absence from the Labor inspector in the same order of priority indicated. Prove that they have completed their secondary education or are studying this or basic education. The working day may not exceed 30 hours a week distributed in a maximum of six hours a day in the school year and up to eight hours a day on vacation. Obligation to inform the employer of the hiring to the Local Office for Children. The proposal also specifies the sanctions applicable to employers who violate the law and adapts regulations already in force that detail tasks that cannot be the object of work by children and adolescents for example those in which excessive force is required. activities considered dangerous to your health safety or morals shows with a sexual connotation or performed in places where alcohol is sold or tobacco consumption is allowed.
