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In Colombia, the ordinary workday is 47 hours per week. With the implementation of Law 2101 of 2021, the workday would be gradually reduced to 42 hours per week. In the case of in-house maids, who are those workers who live where they work, their workday was 60 hours per week. However, with the decision of the Constitutional Court, they will now have a workday of 52.5 hours per week, the implementation of which will also be gradual.
This is not legal advice, only general information.
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For the payment by the EPS of maternity and paternity leave, the mother and father must have made contributions during the months of the pregnancy of the mother, including the month in which the leave begins. If contributions were made for a period shorter than the pregnancy, maternity or paternity leave is recognized proportionally.
This is not legal advice, only general information.