{"id":22,"date":"2019-06-15T12:51:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T12:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2019-06-16T01:51:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T01:51:53","slug":"domestic-workers-and-colombian-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/domestic-workers-and-colombian-law\/","title":{"rendered":"DOMESTIC WORKERS AND COLOMBIAN LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have had many questions about domestic work<\/span>er<\/span>s and the Colombian law.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I decide<\/span>d<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>write a<\/span>\u00a0summary of concepts that employees must know regarding this topic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Definition:<\/strong> It is the person who executes Cleaning\u00a0<\/span>activi<\/span>ti<\/span>es<\/span>, cooking, child care, and other types of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>activities related to the normal main<\/span>tanance<\/span>\u00a0of a house.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are 2 types of workers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Intern:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>mean<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0that they reside in their place of work<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Daily<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>They\u00a0<\/span>work<\/span>\u00a0by the day. (one or more days\u00a0<\/span>a week<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SALARY:<\/strong> the\u00a0<\/span>Colombian<\/span>\u00a0minimum wage is\u00a0<\/span>828.100<\/span>\u00a0for the year of 20<\/span>19<\/span>, but the employe<\/span>r<\/span>\u00a0can<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>declare\u00a0<\/span>up<\/span>\u00a0to 30% in\u00a0<\/span>fees\u00a0<\/span>such as feeding the\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>orker and providing\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>room<\/span>\u00a0and t<\/span>he other 70% has to be paid in cash.<\/span>\u00a0Only applies for maids intern.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ASSISTANCE FOR TRANS<\/strong>PORTATION:<\/strong> It is mandatory to pay for domestic\u00a0<\/span>workers<\/span>\u00a0who live outsider their place of work.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0This a<\/span>mount:\u00a0<\/span>97.032<\/span>pesos<\/span>\u00a0per month.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BENEFITS:<\/strong> The employe<\/span>r<\/span>\u00a0of a full time maid should\u00a0<\/span>pay<\/span>\u00a0benefits related to SENA, ICBF or family compensation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CESANTIAS<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I<\/span>t is a month of salary per\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>\u00a0of work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In case the housekeeper has not been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>working a complete year, you pay her<\/span>\u00a0proportional to the time of work<\/span>. Half is paid\u00a0<\/span>in June<\/span>\u00a0and half in December.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PRIMA DE SERVICIOS:<\/strong> it is a month salary per year split in 2 payments. Half before June 30 and other half before December 30.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TYPE OF CONTRACT:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The contract can be\u00a0<\/span>verbal\u00a0<\/span>or written. The\u00a0<\/span>verbal\u00a0<\/span>contract\u00a0<\/span>means it is<\/span>\u00a0full time<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>employment for an<\/span>\u00a0undetermined\u00a0<\/span>period of\u00a0<\/span>time.\u00a0 A written contract\u00a0<\/span>can be\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>specific<\/span>\u00a0period of time, like one year,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which can be renewed each year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The employee can\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>sue\u00a0<\/span>for the period during the last written contract.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The oral contract permits the employee to sue for\u00a0<\/span>all years they worked for the employer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TIME OF WORK:<\/strong> Max 10 hours<\/span>\u00a0a day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SOCIAL SECURITY:<\/strong> It is mandatory to pay PENSION, HEALTH INSURANCE and\u00a0<\/span>professional<\/span>\u00a0risks<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Part time worker:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>When the housekeeper only works\u00a0<\/span>one or two days a week for the employer the above CESANTIAS must be<\/span>\u00a0according to the<\/span>\u00a0days<\/span>\u00a0worked.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Other required payments are also\u00a0<\/span>based on the amount of days worked.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have had many questions about domestic workers and the Colombian law.\u00a0 I decided\u00a0to\u00a0write a\u00a0summary of concepts that employees must know regarding this topic.\u00a0 Definition: It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawyerscolombia.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}