If a Chilean company hires someone, the labour contract has to
be in Spanish. There is no problem about having an English version
if the parties are more familiarized with such language. However,
the official version will be the Chilean version.
Usually, foreign contracts contain provisions about being able to
dismiss an employee if his ill for a certain period. In Chile in
accordance to article 160 of the Labour Code a worker cannot be
dismissed during the period his ill, unless he has committed some
of the actions that allow the employer to dismiss him without any
compensation.
These contracts also contain provisions about allowing the
employer to make any kind of deductions of the salary. Article 58
of the Labour Code states which deductions can be made from the
salary. If the amount to be deducted is not one of the cases listed
in that article, then the maximum amount that can be deducted is
15%. If the employer gave the employee a loan, he can deduct the
total
