Industrialists are asking for inclusion in the Labour Code a 12 hour work day, and in cases in where the law permits, annualized hours.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Industries (ICRC):
July 2014. In the view of the ICRC establishing additional rules for working time in Costa Rican legislation represents an excellent option for generating higher quality employment opportunities, while at the same time allowing firms to improve their production levels.
Arguing lack of regulations, the Labor Ministry of Costa Rica has rejected requests for reducing the working day.
While Congress studied a Labor Flexibility Law project, the ministry rejected 20 requests by companies from different sectors, who solicited authorization for reducing wages and working time of their employees.
"As the new regulation has not been approved, and continues stuck at the Assembly, the ministry has started to decline requests by employers", reported Nacion.com.
Through reform to the labor law, entrepreneurs would be able to create about 250 thousand jobs in a month.
This is what the president of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), Amilcar Bulnes, said if the reform would allow them to hire people part-time.
Bulnes told Tiempo.hn: "We believe this is a good alternative in order to formalize employment.
In response to the economic crisis the Government is proposing to make the work day more flexible in order to minimize layoffs.
According to nacion.com "the bill proposes creating new two work days: a 12 hour day with 3 free days per week and an annualized work day. This will allow for 10 hours when there is a lot of work and a maximum of six during the low season, and this way the workers will at no time get less than the minimum wage.