Law 27 of 1990.

Key points.

1. 1 The employer directs the business and issues orders, instructions, rules, and guidelines to achieve its objectives.Art. 1
2. 2 The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Ministerio de Trabajo y Bienestar Social) objects to or rejects internal workplace rules only when they breach the cited Labor Code provisions, and states the breach in a formal decision.Art. 1
3. 3 The Ministry has 120 calendar days from notification to the workers to approve or reject the internal rules; if it raises no objection or rejection within that period, the rules are deemed approved.Art. 2
4. 4 Manifestly poor performance is assessed under specific technical and professional evaluation systems and rules previously approved by the Ministry or agreed in a collective bargaining agreement.Art. 3
5. 5 New written contracts that exceed employment maintained on September 1, 1990, and are concluded during the specified period can be temporary and renewed once, for no more than 1 year in total.Art. 4
6. 6 Those fixed-term contracts include the employer’s right to terminate the employment relationship before the term expires, without liability on the employer’s part.Art. 4
7. 7 An asset transfer later declared unlawful or unconstitutional does not create business continuity or employer succession; the beneficiary is liable for the specified consequences and liabilities, subject to the exception for sham transactions or fraud.Art. 5