Working Hours, Compulsory Rest Periods,
and Vacations (Chapter V)
Maximun (Art. 47).
The maximun work day will be eight hours a day,
so that it does not exceed forty hours a week.
Night Day (Art. 49)
This is takes place between 7:00pm
and 6:00am the next day.
This will give the right
to equel remuneration
that day, increased by
twenty five porcent.
Limit of forcet day and
rest (Art. 50)
The obligatory days of work can no exceed
five in the week. (forty weekly hours).
Saturdays and sundays will be of forced rest.
Work on Saturday and
Sundays (Art. 52)
Need to avoid serious damage
to the establishment.
Weekly pard rest (Art. 53)
This is paid with the amount equivalent to
the full remuneration that is two days.
Remuneration for additional and
extraordinary hours (Art. 55)
The suplementary hours maynot exceed
four in a day, nor twelvw in the week.
The employer will pay the corresponding remuneration for
each of the suplementary hours with a fifty percent surcharge
Division of the day (Art. 57)
The ordinary work day may
be divided into two-parts.
This parts with rest of up to two hours
after the first four hours of work.
Compensation to the
employer (Art. 59)
If the worker, without just cause, stops
working the eight hours of the ordinary
day, he will lose the proportional part of
the remuneration.
Recovery of work hours (Art. 60)
Due to accidental causes, the employer
will pay the compensation for the
interruption of work.
Recover lost hours by increasing three hours per
day until you complete the interrupted hours.
The employee who does not want to submit to
supplementary work will return the remuneration paid
Days of mandatory rest (Art.65)
these in addition to the Saturdays and
Sundays are obligatory days
The obligatory days are: January 1, Holy Friday, May 1 and 24,
August 10, October 9, November 2 and 3 and December 25.
Annual holiday (Art. 69)
All workers will have 15 days of rest, including non-work days, workers who are
older than 5 years will also receive a day of rest for each of the years of work.