Since 2018, the Colombian Ministry of Labour has contemplated
the possibility for employers to use the digital signature and the
electronic signature, to sign the employment contract and other
documents related to the employment relationship.
Decree 526 of 2021 is intended to guarantee that both the
electronic and digital signature are as trustworthy as the
handwritten signature, and provide the same effects as the latter
when signing an employment contract.
Both the electronic and digital signature must comply with the
following requirements:
- the creation of the signature must contain data that belongs
exclusively to the signatory.
- it should be possible to detect any unauthorised alteration to
the signature after being used.
