The Ministerial Agreement No. 398, issued on 13 July 2006 by the Secretary of Labor, expressly prohibited the "dismissal of employees based on their health, suffering from HIV-AIDS".

The scope of ineffective dismissal has increased through many channels, from laws and ministerial resolutions to high court judgments. Here is explained what we have up to now in terms of workers covered by the irremovability principle.

In 2015 the fixed-term employment agreement, which allowed the hiring of employees for one-or two-years, was repealed from the Labor Code.

El Acuerdo Ministerial No. 398, dictado el 13 de julio de 2006 por el Ministro del Trabajo, expresamente prohibió el "despido de trabajadores y trabajadoras por su estado de salud, que estén viviendo con VIH-SIDA"; ...

En 2015 se eliminó del Código de Trabajo el contrato de trabajo a plazo fijo, que permitía contratar a trabajadores por uno o dos años.