Update On The Chilean Labour Reform

Harris Gomez Group has previously provided an overview of the labour reform bill that addressed the more significant changes and outlined the true implications from a legal perspective. It can be found here.

A landmark labour reform bill in Chile is facing a last minute hurdle after a top court ruled that certain parts of the reform were unconstitutional, sending them back to Congress for discussion despite passing through both houses of Congress recently. We summarise, some of the most relevant amendments made by the Executive here.

Update on the Chilean Labour Reform

The labour reform is essentially a new regulation on Collective Bargaining, a matter that has not been touched for more than 30 years. New regulation has long been pursued by unions but until recently lacked acceptance from a significant amount of employers.