Chile

Last update: 15/12/2024

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1980
1989
1999
2020
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1971
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1971
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
1994
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2015
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)
2023

  • Labour Code of 1994, subsequently consolidated in the Act in Force of Law- DFL-1 (31 July, 2002)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile, 1980. Act 100, establishing the consolidated, coordinated and systematised text of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile (17 September, 2005)

  • Law No. 20.348, protecting the right to equal pay (2 June, 2009)

  • 1994 Labour Code, subsequently updated in Decree with Force of Law (DFL) 1 (of 31 July 2002)

  • Law 21.063 of 2017, which creates an insurance for the accompaniment of children suffering from the illnesses it indicates, and amends the Labor Code for these purposes

  • Law 21.561 of 2023, which amends the Labor Code with the objective of reducing the working day (of April 14, 2023).

  • Labour Code (consolidated version, DFL 1) (31 July, 2002)

  • Law No. 20.545 on maternity protection and parental postnatal leave (6 October, 2011)

  • Law No. 20.255 on maternity protection and postnatal leave (6 October, 2011)

  • Law No. 20.399 granting the right to childcare facilities (17 November, 2009)

  • Law No. 21.129 establishing maternity protection for women in armed forces and public security (7 January, 2019)

  • Law No. 21.260 enabling telework for pregnant workers (4 September, 2020)

  • Law No. 20.545, which amends the regulations on the protection of maternity leave and incorporates post-natal parental leave (6 October, 2011)

  • Ley núm. 20.255 que modifica las normas sobre protección a la maternidad e incorpora el permiso postnatal (del 6 de octubre de 2011)

  • Law No. 20.482, which amends article 195 of the Labour Code, in relation to employment leave for fathers in the event of the birth of a child (28 December, 2010)

  • Law No. 20.255, establishing pension reform (11 March, 2008)

  • Law No. 21.269, incorporating domestic workers into the unemployment insurance scheme of Law No. 19.728 (11 September, 2020)

  • Act-Law No. 3.500, which establishes a new system of pensions (4 November, 1980)

  • Law No. 21.419, creating the universal guaranteed pension and modifying the legal bodies indicated therein (26 January, 2022)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980. Decree 100, which establishes the consolidated, coordinated and systematised text of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile. 17 September 2005.

  • Law 21521. Promotes competition and financial inclusion through innovation and technology in the provision of financial services, Fintec Law. 22 December 2022.

  • Decree-Law 3472. Establishes the Guarantee Fund for Small Entrepreneurial Ventures. 25 August 1980.

  • Decree with the Force of the Law 3. Sets out the consolidated, systematised and agreed text of the General Law on Banks and other indicated legal bodies. 19 December 1997.

  • Law 20950. Authorises the issuance and operation of means of payment with provision of funds by non-banking entities. 29 October 2016.

  • Law 20179. Establishes a legal framework for the constitution and operation of mutual guarantee societies. 20 June 2007.

  • Law 18690. Bonded warehouses. 2 February 1988.

  • Law 18010. Regulations on credit operations and other specified monetary obligations. 27 June 1987.

  • Decree with the Force of the Law 5. General law on cooperatives. 17 February 2004.

  • Law 18840. Constitutional Organic Law on the Central Bank of Chile. 10 October 1989.

  • Law 20416. Small businesses. 3 February 2010.

  • Decree-Law 2079. Sets out the text of the Organic Law on the Bank of the State of Chile. 18 January 1978.

  • No applicable law

  • Decree 12 APPROVES THE UPDATE OF THE “NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY”

  • Decree 12/2021. APPROVES THE NATIONAL GENDER EQUALITY POLICY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION

  • Law 21105/2018. Creates the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, which must promote a gender perspective and the equitable participation of women and men in all areas.

  • Exempt Decree No. 395 (7 November 2023)

  • Law 20.066 on domestic violence, replacing Law 19.325 (of 7 October 2005)

  • Law 20.005, which defines and punishes sexual harassment by amending the Labour Code (of 18 March 2005)

  • Law 21.643, Karin's Law, amending the Labour Code and other legal instruments on the prevention, investigation and punishment of workplace harassment, sexual harassment and violence at work (of 15 January 2024)

  • Law 21.675 on measures to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women on the grounds of their gender (of 14 June 2024)

  • Law 21.605, amending Law No. 19.712, Law 20.686 and Law 20.019, with the aim of improving regulations on the prevention and punishment of sexual harassment and abuse, discrimination and mistreatment in sports (of 14 October 2023).

  • Law 21.565, establishing a comprehensive protection and reparation regime for victims of femicide or femicidal suicide and their families (of 9 May 2023)

  • Law 21.212, amending the Criminal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and Law No. 18.216 on the classification of femicide (of 4 March 2020)

  • Law 21.153, amending the Criminal Code to classify the crime of sexual harassment in public spaces (of 3 May 2019)

  • Law 21.120, recognises and protects the right to gender identity (of 10 December 2018)

  • Law 21.369, regulates sexual harassment, violence and gender discrimination in higher education (of 30 August 2021)

  • Law 20.607, amending the Labour Code by criminalising workplace harassment (of 31 July 2012)

  • Law 21.013, defines abuse as a new crime and increases protection for people in special situations (of 29 May 2017)

  • Decree No. 1, which establishes the text of the Labour Code (of 31 July 2002)

  • Decree with the Force of the Law No. 29, establishes the consolidated text of Law 18.834 on the Administrative Statute (of 16 June 2004).

  • Presidential Instruction No. 6, on Equal Opportunities and the Prevention and Punishment of Abuse, Workplace Harassment and Sexual Harassment in the Ministries and Services of the State Administration (of 23 May 2018) (General Secretariat of the Presidency)

  • Civil Service Resolution No. 1, approving generally applicable rules on human resource management and development for all public services, in accordance with the powers established in Article 2(q) of the Organic Law on the National Civil Service, contained in Article 26 of Law No. 19.882 (of 11 May 2017)

  • Exempt Resolution No. 1.926, which approves the protocol for the prevention, receiving of complaints, investigation and sanctioning of workplace abuse, workplace harassment and sexual harassment within the Central Metropolitan Health Service (of 27 December 2019)

  • Decree No. 2, approving the text of the national occupational health and safety policy for the period 2024-2028. Ministry of Labour and Social Security; Undersecretary of Social Security, of 7 May 2024)

  • Law 20,609, Zamudio Law: establishes measures to combat discrimination (of 12 July 2012)

  • Decree No. 100, which establishes the consolidated and systematised text of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile (of 22 September 2005)

  • Labour Code (of 13 May 1931) (amended version of 1 August 2024)

  • Exempt Resolution 58.413, approving the protocol for the prevention, investigation and sanctioning of sexual harassment, workplace harassment and violence in the Foreign Service (of 29 December 2023)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980. Decree 100 establishing the consolidated, coordinated and systematised text of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile (of 17 September 2005)

  • Law 21.400, amending various legal instruments to regulate, under equal conditions, marriage between persons of the same sex (of 10 December 2021)

  • Law 18.884, approving the Administrative Statute of the Ministry of the Interior (of 15 September 1989, amended on 24 July 2007)

  • Law 18.883, approving the Administrative Statute for Municipal Officials (of 15 December 1989, amended on 15 January 2024)

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