Nicaragua

Last update: 04/02/2022

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1980
1981
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1967
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1967
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2013
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)

  • Labour Code, Law No. 185 (5 September, 1996)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (18 February, 2014)

  • Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities, Law No. 648 (14 February, 2008).

  • Family Code, Law No. 870 (of 24 June 2014)

  • Labour Code, Law No. 185 (of 5 September 1996)

  • Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities, Law No. 648 (of 14 February 2008)

  • Social Security Law, Law No. 539 (12 May, 2005)

  • Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (18 February, 2014)

  • Family Code, Law No. 870 (24 June, 2014)

  • Law on Social Security, Law No. 539 (12 May, 2005)

  • Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua, approved on 27 October 2021. Published in the Official Gazette No. 181 of 28 September 2022.

  • Law 648. Law on equal rights and opportunities. 14 February 2008.

  • Executive Decree 29-2010. Implementing regulations of law 648, law on equal rights and opportunities. 16 June 2010.

  • Law 732. Organic Law on the Central Bank of Nicaragua. 10 May 2018.

  • Law 561. General Law on Banks, Non-Banking Financial Institutions and Financial Groups. 27 October 2005.

  • Law 316. Law on the Superintendency of Banks and Other Financial Institutions. 29 September 1999.

  • Law 551. Law on the Deposit Guarantee System. 3 August 2005.

  • Law 976. Law on the Financial Analysis Unit. 16 July 2018.

  • Law 621. Law on access to public information. 16 May 2007.

  • Executive Decree 81-2007. Implementing regulations of the law on access to public information. 17 August 2007.

  • Law 515. Law on the Promotion and Regulation of the Use of Credit Cards. 3 December 2004.

  • Law 176. Law regulating loans between private individuals. 2 May 1994.

  • Law 977. Law to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. 16 July 2018.

  • No applicable law

  • Law No. 648 (of 14 February 2008)

  • Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua, consolidated text (of 18 February 2014)

  • Law 185, Labour Code (of 5 September 1996)

  • Law 641, Criminal Code (of 13 November 2007)

  • Law 779, comprehensive law on violence against women and amendments to Law 641, Criminal Code (2012), (of 26 January 2012)

  • Law 846, amending Law 779 of 2012 (of 20 January 2014)

  • Law 870, Family Code (of 24 June 2014)

  • Decree 42, regulating Law 779, Comprehensive Law on Violence against Women, and amending Law 641, of the Criminal Code (of 30 July 2014)

  • Law 473, on the Civil Service and Administrative Careers (of 19 November 2003) (consolidated version of 10 June 2021)

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