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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Under strict sanitary measures, Representatives approves project that regulates teleworking

With measures that included masks, elbow greetings and some following the debate from their offices so that there were no more than 50 people in the Chamber, the House of Representatives approved the modifications made by the Senate to the project that regulates remote work or teleworking so that it is ready to become law. The Minister of Labor, María José Zaldívar, dismissed the criticisms made by the opposition to the initiative, and assured that the project will not make job sources more precarious but will give greater protection to workers.

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