Colombia

Last update: 15/12/2024

1980
1982
1999
2007
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1963
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1969
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
2024
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2014
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)

  • Substantive Labour Code of 4 June, 1951 (and subsequent amendments) (4 June, 1951)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Colombia, 1991 (20 July, 1991)

  • Law No. 823 of 2003, which establishes standards on equal opportunities for women (10 July, 2003)

  • Decree 4463 of 2011, which partially regulates Law 1257 of 2008 (dated November 25, 2011).

  • Law No. 2.117 of 2021 which adds to Law 1.429 (2010) and Law 823 (2003), establishing measures to strengthen and promote equality for women in access to employment and education in economic sectors where they are underrepresented, in addition to other provisions (29 July, 2021)

  • Law No. 1.496, guaranteeing equal salary and pay between women and men, establishing mechanisms to eradicate any form of discrimination and other provisions (29 December, 2011)

  • Law 1413 of 2010, regulating the inclusion of the care economy in the national accounting system with the aim of measuring the contribution of women to the country’s economic and social development and providing a fundamental tool with which to define and implement public policies (of 11 November 2010)

  • Law 1361 of 2009, enacting the Law on the Comprehensive Protection of Families (of 3 December 2009)

  • Substantive Labour Code of 4 June 1951 (and subsequent amendments) (of 4 June 1951)

  • Law 2174 of 2021, establishing parameters for the protection and care of children in situations of particular vulnerability – Isaac’s Law (of 30 December 2021)

  • Law No. 1.823 adopting the strategy ‘Breastfeeding Family Friendly Rooms in the Workplace’ (Salas Amigas de la Familia Lactante del Entorno Laboral) in public entities and private companies and setting out other provisions (4 January, 2017)

  • Law No. 2.088 of 2021, which regulates working from home and sets out other provisions (12 May, 2021)

  • Law No. 2.121 of 2021, creating the remote work regime and establishing rules to promote and regulate it in addition to other provisions (11 February, 2022)

  • Substantive Labour Code (4 June, 1951)

  • Political Constitution of Colombia (20 July, 1991)

  • Law 100/1993 creating the comprehensive social security system (23 December, 1993)

  • Law 2114/2021 extending paternity leave and introducing parental leave schemes (3 August, 2021)

  • Law 2141/2021 establishing paternity protection (10 August, 2021)

  • Law 823/2003 on equal opportunities for women (10 July, 2003)

  • Law No. 2.114 of 2021, which extends paternity leave, creates shared parental leave, flexible part-time parental leave, amends Article 236 and adds Article 241A of the Substantive Labour Code, in addition to other provisions (3 August, 2021)

  • Law No.100 of 1993, which establishes the comprehensive social security system and other provisions (and subsequent amendments) (23 December, 1993)

  • Law No. 11, which enshrines exceptions in the Social Security regime for domestic workers (19 January, 1988)

  • Law 1788 of 2016, whereby access is guaranteed under conditions of universality to the benefit right of payment of service premium for domestic workers (July 7, 2016)

  • Constitution of the Republic of Colombia. 20 July 1991.

  • Law 823. Laying down regulations on equal opportunities for women. 10 July 2003.

  • Law 2281. Establishing the Ministry of Equality and Equity and other provisions.

  • Law 31. Law on the Central Bank of Colombia (Banco de la República). 29 December 1992.

  • Decree 2520. Statutes of the Central Bank of Colombia (Banco de la República). 14 December 1993.

  • Law 1328. On the financial consumer protection framework. 15 July 2009.

  • Decree-law 663 of 1993. Organic statute of the financial system. 2 April 1993.

  • Decree 2555. Collating and re-issuing the regulations on the financial sector, insurance companies and the securities market, and issuing other provisions. 15 July 2010.

  • Law 1735. Laying down measures to promote access to transactional financial services and other provisions. 21 October 2014.

  • Law 2294. National Development Plan 2022-2026. "Colombia Potencia mundial de la vida (Colombia World Power for Life)” 19 May 2023.

  • Law 1748. Establishing the obligation to provide transparent information to consumers of financial services and other provisions. 26 December 2014.

  • Law 1266. Lays down the general provisions on Habeas Data and regulates the handling of personal information in databases, especially financial, credit, commercial and service-related information and information from third countries, as well as other provisions. 31 December 2008.

  • Law 2009. Establishing that a package of financial products and/or services shall be included at no extra cost for the payment of the handling fee for debit and credit cards. 27 December 2019.

  • Law 2069. Law promoting entrepreneurship in Colombia. 31 December 2020.

  • Law 2294 (of 19 May 2023)

  • Presidential Decree No. 2037 (of 7 November 2019)

  • Law 1.010, adopting measures to prevent, correct and sanction workplace harassment and other forms of harassment in the context of labour relations (of 23 January 2006)

  • Law 1.257, establishing standards for raising awareness, preventing and sanctioning forms of violence and discrimination against women, amending the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, Law 294 of 1996 and other provisions (of 4 December 2008)

  • Regulatory Decree No. 4.463, partially implementing Law 1.257 (of 25 November 2011)

  • Decree No. 1.072, issuing the Single Regulatory Decree for the Labour Sector (of 26 May 2015)

  • Resolution No. 2.646, establishing provisions and defining responsibilities for the identification, assessment, prevention, intervention and ongoing monitoring of exposure to psychosocial risk factors at work and for determining the origin of pathologies caused by occupational stress (of 17 July 2008)

  • Law 882, amending Article 229 of Law 599 of 2000 (on intra-family violence), (of 2 June 2004)

  • Law 248, approving the "Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women", signed in Belém do Pará, Brazil, on 9 June 1994 (of 29 December 1995).

  • Decree No. 164, creating an intersectoral commission called the ‘Inter-institutional Roundtable for the Eradication of Violence against Women’ (of 25 January 2010)

  • Law 2.126, regulating the creation, formation and operation of family police stations, establishing the governing body and setting forth other provisions (of 4 August 2021)

  • Resolution No. 652, establishing the formation and operation of the Committee on Workplace Coexistence in public entities and private companies and enacting other provisions (of 30 April 2012)

  • Law 2.172, establishing measures for priority access to decent housing programmes for female victims of extreme gender-based violence and other provisions (of 20 December 2012)

  • Law 985, adopting measures against human trafficking (of 26 August 2005)

  • Law 1.761, establishing femicide as a separate criminal offence and enacting other provisions (Rosa Elvira Cely), (of 6 July 2015)

  • Law 1.719, amending certain articles of Laws 599 of 2000 and 906 of 2004 and adopting measures to guarantee access to justice for victims of sexual violence, especially sexual violence during armed conflict, and enacting other provisions (of 18 June 2014)

  • Decree No. 762. Adding a chapter to Title 4, Part 4, Book 2, of Decree 1066 of 2015, Sole Regulatory Decree of the Ministry of the Interior, to adopt the Public Policy for the effective exercise of the rights of persons belonging to the LGBTI social sectors and persons with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (of 7 May 2018)

  • Substantive Labour Code (of 7 June 1951)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (1991)

  • Law 599, Colombian Criminal Code (of 24 July 2000)

  • Law 1.496, ensuring equal pay and remuneration for women and men, establishing mechanisms to eradicate all forms of discrimination and laying down other provisions (of 29 December 2011)

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