Costa Rica

Last update: 19/01/2022

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1980
1986
1999
2001
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1960
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
1972
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1962
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
2019
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2014
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)

  • Labour Code of Costa Rica (Law No. 2, 26 August, 1943, updated with Law No. 9.343 on the Reform of Labour Procedure) (26 August, 1943)

  • Political Constitution of Costa Rica (7 November, 1949)

  • Law No. 7.142, on the Promotion of Social Equality for Women (8 March, 1990)

  • Law 9758 of 29 October 2019 amending Article 88 of the Labour Code to remove the prohibition on night work for women (29 October 2019)

  • Law No. 10.131, Women's freedom of choice of employment (amendment of Articles 87 and 90 of Law 2, Labor Code, of August 27, 1943) (10 February, 2022)

  • Law No. 9.677, on the Protection of Equal Pay for Women and Men (26 March, 2019)

  • Law No. 9325 on the accounting of unpaid domestic work in Costa Rica (of 19 October 2015)

  • Law No. 9941 on the Reactivation and Strengthening of the National Child Care and Development Network (of 2 March 2021)

  • Law No. 9862, Law on Work-Life Balance (of 19 June 2020)

  • Costa Rican Labour Code (Law No. 2 of 26 August 1943, updated by Law No.9.343 on the Reform of Labour Proceedings) (of 26 August 1943)

  • Labour Code of Costa Rica (26 August, 1943)

  • Constitution of Costa Rica (7 November, 1949)

  • Labour Code of Costa Rica (Law No. 2, 26 August, 1943, updated with Law No. 9.343 on the Reform of Labour Procedure)

  • Law No. 8.726, on paid domestic work (2 July, 2009)

  • Law No. 17, Constituting the Costa-Rican Social Security Fund CCSS (22 October, 1943)

  • Regulation 6.898 on Disability, Old Age and Death Insurance from the Costa-Rican Social Security Fund (7 February, 1995)

  • Political Constitution of Costa Rica. 7 November 1949.

  • Law 7558. Organic Law on the Central Bank of Costa Rica. 3 November 1995.

  • Law 1644. Organic Law of the National Banking System. 26 September 1953.

  • Law 5044. Law regulating non-banking financial companies. 13 September 1972.

  • Law 4179. Law on cooperative associations. 22 August 1968.

  • Law 7391. Regulation on the Financial Intermediation of Cooperative Organisations. 27 April 1994.

  • Law 4351. Organic Law on the Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal. 11 July 1969.

  • Law 8454. Law on certificates, digital signatures and electronic documents. 30 August 2005.

  • Law 8634. Law on the Development Banking System. Amended by Law 9274 (Comprehensive reform of the Development Banking System Law. 27 November 2014). 23 April 2024.

  • Executive Decree 38906. Regulations of Law 9274, Comprehensive Reform of Law 8634, Law on the Development Banking System and Reform of Other Laws. 3 March 2015.

  • Law 1633. Law on bank current accounts and cheques. 12 September 1953.

  • Law 9246. Law on security interests. 7 May 2014.

  • Law 8262. Law on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises. 2 May 2002.

  • No applicable law

  • Decree No. 41115 MP-MCM (of 6 March 2018)

  • Decree 41240-MP-MCM (of 26 September 2018)

  • Law No. 7794 (of 30 April 1998)

  • Law 7.586, against domestic violence (2 April 1996)

  • Law 8.805, amending Law 7.476 on sexual harassment in employment and teaching (of 28 April 2010)

  • Law 8.925, Reform of the Law against Violence (of 3 February 2011)

  • Legislative Decree No. 10. 235, to prevent, address, punish and eradicate violence against women in politics as a discriminatory practice based on gender (of 3 May 2022)

  • Regulation No. 41.662/MTSS, for the prevention and handling of workplace harassment in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (of 26 March 2019)

  • Law 7.476, on sexual harassment in employment and teaching (of 3 February 1995)

  • Law 8.589, criminalising violence against women (of 30 May 2007)

  • Labour Code (of 27 August 1943)

  • Law 22.872, on comprehensive reparation for survivors of femicide (of 28 April 2022)

  • Law 5.395, general health law, version 16 (of 6 May 2022)

  • Law 9.975, reform of the law on the criminalisation of violence against women and the criminal code (of 14 May 2021)

  • Law 9.877, on sexual harassment in public spaces (of 10 August 2020)

  • Law 9.692, amending Law 7.586 on domestic violence (of 18 July 2019)

  • Decree No. 41.240, declaring intervention, assistance and prevention in cases of violence against women to be a priority (of 26 September 2019).

  • Law 7.566, creating the 911 emergency system (version 7 of 8 March 2011)

  • Agreement 1, National Policy for the Prevention and Response to Violence against Women, 2017-2032, (of 26 April 2017)

  • Guideline No. 018-MP-MCM, issued by the President of the Republic, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister for Women's Affairs, on the current need to prioritise actions for intervention, care, and prevention in cases of violence against women (of 26 September 2018)

  • Law 8.720, on the protection of victims, witnesses and other persons involved in criminal proceedings and reforms and additions to the Criminal Procedure Code and the Criminal Code, (4 March 2009) (version 4 of 21 January 2024)

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