Costa Rica Employees
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Employers and employees both have rights and duties according the Work Code (Codigo de Trabajo) stipulated in the Costa Rica law. Here are some examples of those rights and duties; you can also contact our in house attorney for better guidance on the subject.
For the Employer:
In Costa Rica, any person over 18 years is considered an adult, so any person over that age can be hired for any position he or she is able to perform. Some of the rights Employers are entitled to are:
- Set the working hours and schedules. (Normally 8 hours a day and a total of 48 hours a week). If extraordinary schedules are to be worked, they have to match any of the ordinary and extraordinary schedules set by the Costa Rican law.
- Set the work parameters and system.
- Demand the employee for proper performance and give instructions.
The Employer also has some duties with the employee, some of these duties are:
- A monetary compensation according to the minimum salary stipulated in the Costa Rican law, it can be more, but it can never be less than what is demanded in the Costa Rican law.
- Provide social security and workplace accidents insurance for the employees.
- Give the employees a proper and safe work place
We highly recommend seeking our in house attorney for further information about the rights and duties for employers and employees.
Costa Rican’s are very cultured people and it would definitely be hard to even get a Costa Ricamaid a tip and feel it was fair. If you are interested in settling your business in our country, you can be sure that will get Latin America’s best educated work force.
For the Employee
As well as the employers, employees do have rights and duties. Here we provide you with some examples of such rights and duties. Again we recommend reaching out for legal advice on the matter from our in house attorney.
Some of the legal rights given to an employee are:
- A proper and safe work environment
- 2 weeks of paid vacation for every 50 weeks worked with the same employer
- Aguinaldo ( like a Christmas bonus) wich is a month salary for 12 months worked at the end of the year or the sum of all the earned salaries within that year divided by 12, in case the employee hasn’t worked for a whole year.
Now, some legal duties of the employee are:
- To take care of the work place and provided equipment
- Respect the given schedules by the employer
- Be on time with projects or tasks when these are requested
- When resigning give the employers at least 2 weeks to fill the position left by the employee, if this does not happen, the employer does not have to pay any legal compensation, such as unpaid vacation days or aguinaldo.
For the Employer:
In Costa Rica, any person over 18 years is considered an adult, so any person over that age can be hired for any position he or she is able to perform. Some of the rights Employers are entitled to are:
• Set the working hours and schedules. (Normally 8 hours a day and a total of 48 hours a week). If extraordinary schedules are to be worked, they have to match any of the ordinary and extraordinary schedules set by the Costa Rican law.
• Set the work parameters and system.
• Demand the employee for proper performance and give instructions.
The Employer also has some duties with the employee, some of these duties are:
• A monetary compensation according to the minimum salary stipulated in the Costa Rican law, it can be more, but it can never be less than what is demanded in the Costa Rican law.
• Provide social security and workplace accidents insurance for the employees.
• Give the employees a proper and safe work place
We highly recommend seeking our in house attorney for further information about the rights and duties for employers and employees.
Costa Rican’s are very cultured people and it would definitely be hard to even get a Costa Ricamaid a tip and feel it was fair. If you are interested in settling your business in our country, you can be sure that will get Latin America’s best educated work force.
For the Employee
As well as the employers, employees do have rights and duties. Here we provide you with some examples of such rights and duties. Again we recommend reaching out for legal advice on the matter from our in house attorney
Some of the legal rights given to an employee are:
• A proper and safe work environment.
• 2 weeks of paid vacation for every 50 weeks worked with the same employer.
• Aguinaldo ( like a Christmas bonus) wich is a month salary for 12 months worked at the end of the year or the sum of all the earned salaries within that year divided by 12, in case the employee hasn’t worked for a whole year.
Now, some legal duties of the employee are:
• To take care of the work place and provided equipment.
• Respect the given schedules by the employer.
• Be on time with projects or tasks when these are requested
• When resigning give the employers at least 2 weeks to fill the position left by the employee, if this does not happen, the employer does not have to pay any legal compensation, such as unpaid vacation days or aguinaldo.
The Costa Rican law and work code are quite fair for both the employer and the employee; it seeks equality for both parties, it also overlooks cases of discrimination, drug abuse and sexual harassment.
