Congress: practitioners one step away from being able to miss work during partial and final exams

Benefit for practitioners. With 11 votes in favor and 10 against, the Labor and Social Security Commission of Congress approved last Tuesday the forecast that modifies the Labor Training Modalities Lawby incorporating clauses in the obligations of the people in training and the company. What does it consist of?

The objective of the bill is to promote the academic performance of students of the Vocational Training Centers through the recognition of permits for the justification of absences to the companies on the days that they take their partial and final exams, so that they can prepare in a timely manner for their assessments.

Thus, the practitioners they will enjoy a work holiday, charged to a later recovery, the days that they have partial and final exams in their study centers, indicates the aforementioned regulation that proposes to modify articles 41 and 42 of Law 28518.

What is the deadline for reporting absence from work?

The PL indicates that, in case of requesting permission to be absent in their work centers for reasons of exams, they must communicate it in advance to the companywithin a period of no less than one business day from your first evaluation.

According to the PL, in the course of seven business days, you will have to recover the permit or in the term agreed with your employer.

However, it is specified that the recovery should not affect your study schedulebeing able to exchange for the corresponding days of rest.

overtime pay

In addition, the proposal also determines that interns must be paid when they perform overtime. As indicated by the congresswoman Isabella Cortezthis change is necessary because, in many cases, employers condition their workers to work more hours in their day and, if they refuse, they run the risk of not being renewed.

Finally, the legislative initiative, proposed by parliamentarian Alfredo Pariona, It must be scheduled for debate in plenary.