Costa Rica

Last update: 19/01/2022

1980
1986
1999
2001
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1960
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)

  • Law No. 9.862, on the reconciliation of work and family life (19 June, 2020)

  • Law No. 9.920, establishing the National Network of Childhood Care and Development (24 March, 2014)

  • Law No. 9.325 on accounting for the contribution of unpaid domestic work in Costa Rica (19 October, 2015)

  • Law No. 9.941, reactivating and strengthening the National Network of Childhood Care and Development (2 March, 2021)

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

  • 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. 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)

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

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