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This past September 6th , the Congress of Costa Rica approved in the second debate the Agreement on Equal Opportunities and Treatment between male and female workers: workers with family responsibilities (Convention 156), through Law No. 9608, which was published December 5th of this year and that has already been approved by 44 different countries.
The agreement on Equal Opportunities commits each signing country to include, among the objectives of its national policy, that of allowing people with family responsibilities either with children or even with other members of his or her direct family (that in an evident way are in need of care or support), perform or wish to perform a job (this applies to all the branches of economic activity and to all the different category of workers as equal), can do so without being subject to discrimination and without conflict between their family and professional responsibilities.
It also includes a series of recommendations, such as the adaptability of working hours for people with family responsibility, the need to involve men in the care of children, and the creation of parental leave after maternity leave, which can be requested by either women or by men.
In accordance with the foregoing, we recommend that Companies incorporate or adapt, within their internal regulations, policies that regulate, from the pre-contract stage, until and after the employment relationship, the issue of non-discrimination due to family responsibilities, and to also consider the needs in terms of employment conditions and social security.
For more information or advice, ERP Lawyers & Associates makes available its Labor Law team, which are experts in this field. Feel free to Contact us and we will gladly assist you with anything related to this particular matter or any other legal matter that you might need assistance with: https://erplawyers.net/en/contact-us/
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