Supreme Decree No. 179-2021-PCM stipulates as follows: “14.7. From 10 December 2021, any person who performs on-site work must provide proof of their complete vaccination against COVID-19, vaccines administered both in Peru and abroad being valid.
Through Ministerial Resolution No. 1275-2021/MINSA, the technical document, “Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Workers Health” (“R.M. No. 972-2020-MINSA”) has been repealed, and the directive laying down new provisions for the surveillance, prevention and control of workers’ health is adopted.
With major vaccine developments in Latin America, including kick-offs for vaccine campaigns, employers should consider whether a vaccination policy is right for their workplace, keeping in mind that such policies implicate a broad range of employment laws and regulations, and that many of these vary from country to country.
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With major vaccine developments in Latin America, including kick-offs for vaccine campaigns, employers should consider whether a vaccination policy is right for their workplace, keeping in mind that such policies implicate a broad range of employment laws and regulations, and that many of these vary from country to country.
Through Law No. 31246, published on 25 June 2021, Articles 49 and 60 of the Occupational Safety and Health Law, Act No. 29783 were amended. The amendment seeks to guarantee the welfare of the worker against communicable diseases inside and outside the workplace,
Supreme Decree No. 014-2021-TR was published last 4 July, by which various articles of the Regulations of the Labor Inspection Law were modified, approved by Supreme Decree No. 019-2006-TR, article 7-A on the Compliance Management Module has been incorporated and paragraph 17.6 of article 17 of the same body of legislation has been repealed.
The National Superintendence of Labor Inspection – SUNAFIL has implemented the application called Self-diagnosis of Safety and Health at Work through which employers will be able to verify their workplace safety and health compliance level. Through an online questionnaire, employers will be able to identify, verify and assess the situation of their companies in terms of compliance with their occupational health and safety obligations.
Supreme Decree No. 006-2021-TR, which approves the collective bargaining Regulation and minimum working conditions of the Agrarian Labor Regime Law, was published on 30 March 2021. This standard sets out provisions related to the promotion of collective bargaining in the agricultural sector and the minimum working conditions that companies must implement.
Supreme Decree No. 005-2021-MIDAGRI was published on 30 March 2021, through which Regulation No. 31110 of the Agrarian Labor Regime Law and Incentives for the Agricultural and Irrigation, Agro-exporter and Agro-Industrial sectors are approved.
LATAM has also been hit hard by COVID-19 and in late December 2020 certain countries started administering the first doses of vaccines. The news that a COVID-vaccine is finally becoming a reality presents organizations with the possibility of returning to business as normal.