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Domestic Workers Want Labour Law Respected
Domestic workers in Costa Rica by way of
their union, the Asociación de Trabajadoras
Domesticas, are asking that the reforms to
the Labour Law made earlier this year, be
respected.
In June this year, legislators approved
reforms to the Labour Code that guarantees
domestic workers (maids) rights and placed
obligations on employers to respect.
Some of the items that the domestic workers
want respected are the a work day be not
longer than eigth hours and to be paid
overtime if required to work longer hours.
The minimum salary for "live-in" maid be not
less that ˘115.435 colones monthly, plus
meals and lodging. In addition, employers
provide domestic workers with an insurance
policy for injury at work.
The reforms to the labour law establishes
these rights, but few are respected or
enforced, according to the Asociación, even
though the reforms establish economic
sanctions against employers who do not
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