Act No. 18.620, 27 May 1987
Annual Review of Population Law 15: 96
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417 PMID: 12289736 Document Number: 383493
This Act approves the Labor Code, which contains the following major provisions: 1) discrimination on the basis of sex is prohibited in contracts of employment; 2) at least 85% of an employer's workers must be of Chilean nationality, including foreigners who have a Chilean spouse or children or who have been resident in Chile for more than five years; 3) women are guaranteed maternity leave with full pay and benefits for six weeks before delivery and 12 weeks afterwards, which can be increased as necessary if the woman becomes ill during pregnancy or after delivery, as demonstrated by a medical certificate; 4) a woman cannot renounce this leave, her position must be kept open during her absence, and her contract cannot be terminated for a year after maternity leave has ended without a judge's approval; 5) a mother is entitled to leave with full pay and benefits to care for a seriously ill child less than one year old, as demonstrated by a medical certificate; 6) during pregnancy, women who are occupied in work considered harmful to their health are to be transferred to other work without a reduction of salary; and 7) establishments that employ 20 or more workers are to provide child-care facilities where mothers can feed their children and the children can remain while the mothers work; the costs of these facilities are to be paid for by the employer.