Entró en vigencia el nuevo Código de Policía
Por Peña Mancero Abogados
Con la expedición de la Ley 1801, el nuevo Código de Policía, quedan sin vigencia las disposiciones del Decreto 1355 de 1970. Esta nueva ley actualiza los nuevos parámetros de coexistencia en el territorio nacional, ajustando su regulación a las actuales realidades sociales.
La norma, integrada por 243 artículos, trae tres libros. El primero referido al objeto del código, ámbito de aplicación, bases de la convivencia y autonomía de la Policía Nacional; el libro segundo contiene los derechos y deberes de las personas en materia de convivencia; mientras que el tercero regula los medios de policía, medidas correctivas, procedimientos y mecanismos alternativos, entre otros.
Este código empezó a regir el 30 de enero del 2017, y a partir de esta fecha muchas disposiciones entrarán a examen de la Corte Constitucional para su sobrevivencia.
New rules on paternity leave introduced in Colombia
Author: Daniel Salazar López
The Colombian Congress has passed Act 2141 (August 10, 2021) whereby a further protection has been granted to parents. Act 2141 incorporates several new provisions on labor matters and, in particular, on maternity and paternity privileges. The following are the most important aspects of the new law:
- Maternity leave was extended from three (3) months to eighteen (18) weeks after childbirth.
- Unless an authorization is obtained from the Labor Inspector, or the Municipal Mayor in the corresponding case, the dismissal of a worker, whose spouse, partner or permanent partner is pregnant or within eighteen (18) weeks after childbirth and is not formally employed, is prohibited. If dismissal occurs, the dismissed employee shall be entitled to the additional payment of an indemnity equivalent to sixty (60) days of salary.
- In addition, the indemnities and benefits that correspond by virtue of the employment contract shall be recognized.
- Paternity leave is not extended to the worker when his/her spouse, partner or permanent partner is in stable employment.
- Maternity leave is also extended to the parents in the same proportion during the 18 weeks following childbirth.
- The worker must notify the employer, verbally or in writing, of the pregnancy status of his/her spouse, partner or permanent partner and declare under oath that he/she does not have a stable job or that he/she is not a beneficiary of the Social Security Health System. Within the notification, the worker must present the necessary examinations and for this purpose she will have a term of up to one (1) month to prove the pregnancy status.
This new legislation is intended to protect the constitutional right to equality between men and women in the work environment and in harmony with the family environment.