While in neighbouring Argentina, legislation regulating remote working is currently under parliamentary examination (Congress adopted the bill on 25 June), Chile’s law regulating this form of work, which was adopted in March (c.f. article No.11782) came into force on 01 July. Below we detail various aspects including compliance with and derogation from the rules on working time, the right to disconnect from work, and payment for expenses.
This law (here) distinguishes between remote working where workers provide services (totally or partially) from home or from one or more places other than the company’s premises, and teleworking, which workers can perform thanks to the use of technological, IT, and telecommunications means. In both situations, workers must benefit from collective and individual rights. The parties to the contract will have to define the place or places where the work is to be carried out (if the employer determ
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