Peru

Last update: 14/09/2026

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1981
1982
2000
2001
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1960
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
1961
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1970
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
1986
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
2016
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2018
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)
2022

  • Political Constitution of Peru (31 October, 1993)

  • Leg. D. No. 728, Law on Productivity and Employment Competitiveness. Supreme Act No. 003-97-TR (21 March, 1977)

  • Law No. 26.772, stipulating that offers of employment and access to educational training facilities may not contain requirements that constitute discrimination, denial of equal opportunity or treatment (26 March, 1997)

  • Law No. 28.983, Law on Equal Opportunities between Women and Men (15 March, 2007)

  • Law No. 30.709, which Prohibits Remunerative Discrimination between Women and Men (26 December, 2017)

  • Political Constitution of Peru (of 31 October 1993)

  • Law No. 30709, Prohibiting Pay Discrimination between Men and Women (of 26 December 2017)

  • Law No. 29700, Incorporating Unpaid Work into the National Accounting System (of 3 June 2011)

  • Law No. 27240, granting leave for breastfeeding (of 23 December 1999), Art. 1; amended by Law No. 27591

  • Law No. 30012, granting leave to workers whose immediate family members are seriously or terminally ill or have suffered a serious accident (of 17 April 2013)

  • Legislative Decree No. 728, Law on productivity and labour competitiveness (21 March, 1997)

  • Law No. 26.644 on prenatal and postnatal leave (19 June, 1996)

  • Law No. 28.983 on equal opportunities for women and men (15 March, 2007)

  • Law No. 30.367 protecting working mothers against dismissal (24 November, 2015)

  • Law No. 30.709 prohibiting wage discrimination between men and women (26 December, 2017)

  • Law No. 31.152 amending Legislative Decree No. 728 (1 April, 2021)

  • Law No. 29.409 granting the right to paternity leave to public and private sector workers (19 September, 2009)

  • Law No. 31.047, Law on Domestic Workers (30 September, 2020)

  • Law No. 27986, on Domestic Workers (June 2, 2003)

  • Law No. 26.504. amending the Health Benefits System, the National Pension System, the System of Private Pension Funds and the structure of contributions to FONAVI (National Housing Fund) (8 July, 1995)

  • Political Constitution of Peru. 31 October 1993. Arts. 2.1, 2.5, 59, 61, 65, 84 and 87.

  • Law 26702. General Law on the Financial and Insurance Systems. Text agreed and updated 16 March 2023.

  • Law 29571. User Protection and Defence Code. 2 September 2010.

  • Law 28587. Supplementary Law to the Law on Consumer Protection in Financial Services and its amendments. 19 July 2005.

  • Law 29985. Law regulating the basic characteristics of electronic money as an instrument of financial inclusion. 16 January 2013.

  • Supreme Decree 090-2013-EF - Implementing regulations of Law 29985. 13 May 2013.

  • Supreme Decree 112-2021-EF. Multisectoral Strategic Plan under the National Financial Inclusion Policy. 19 May 2021.

  • Supreme Decree 255-2019. Approving the National Financial Inclusion Policy and amending Supreme Decree No. 029-2014-EF, which creates the Multisectoral Financial Inclusion Commission. 5 August 2019.

  • Law 31120. Law regulating the National Identity Document Account ( ID Card Account). 7 February 2021.

  • Law 31143. Law protecting consumers of financial services from usury. 17 March 2021.

  • Law 30308. Law amending several regulations to promote financing through factoring and discounting. 25 February 2015.

  • Urgent Decree 013-2020. Financing for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. 22 January 2020.

  • Supreme Decree 157/2021. Government bodies shall promote digital inclusion, skills development and greater participation in the digital environment for women, vulnerable populations and persons with disabilities.

  • Supreme Decree No. 085-2023-PCM. National Digital Transformation Policy.

  • Directorial Resolution No. 0021-2024-EF/50.01 (of 30 April 2024)

  • Law No. 28983 (of 12 March 2007)

  • Law No. 31953 (of 6 December 2023)

  • Law No. 28411 (of 8 December 2004)

  • Directorial Resolution No. 007-2010-EF/76.01 (of 26 March 2010)

  • Law 30.709, Prohibiting Pay Discrimination between Men and Women (of 26 December 2017)

  • Legislative Decree No. 728, Law on Labour Productivity and Competitiveness. Supreme Decree No. 003-97-TR ( of 21 March 1997)

  • Law 26.772, establishing that job offers and access to educational training may not contain requirements that constitute discrimination, annulment or alteration of equal opportunities or treatment (of 26 March 1997)

  • Law 31.047, Law on domestic workers (of 30 September 2020)

  • Law 30.364, for the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence against women and family members (of 23 November 2015)

  • Law 27.942, for the prevention and punishment of sexual harassment in the workplace (of 26 February 2006)

  • Legislative Decree 1.410, incorporating the crimes of harassment, sexual harassment, sexual blackmail and dissemination of images, audiovisual material or audio recordings with sexual content in the Criminal Code and amending the procedure for punishing sexual harassment (of 12 September 2018)

  • Legislative Decree 635, Criminal Code (of 03 April 1991)

  • Supreme Decree No. 009-2016-MIMP, approving the Implementing Regulations for Law 30.364 (of 26 July 2016)

  • Supreme Decree No. 014-2019-MIMP, approving the Implementing Regulations for Law 27.942, Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Sexual Harassment (of 22 July 2019)

  • Supreme Decree No. 016-2022-RE, ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (of 11 February 2022)

  • Law 30.314, for the Prevention and Punishment of Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces (of 26 March 2015)

  • Law 31.155, which Prevents and Punishes the Harassment of Women in Political Life (of 7 April 2021)

  • Law 28.983, on Equal Opportunities between Men and Women (of 12 March 2007)

  • Law 29.973, General Law on Persons with Disabilities (of 24 December 2012)

  • Law 29.783, Occupational Health and Safety Law (of 20 August 2011)

  • Law 31.188 on Collective Bargaining in the State Sector (of 3 May 2021)

  • Law 27.337, Children and Adolescents Code (of 7 August 2000)

  • Decree Law 25.593, on Collective Labour Relations in Private Activity (of 3 July 1992)

  • Law 213, establishing the Labour Code (of 31 July 2002)

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