By: Flor Sánchez
On November 2, 2022, Governmental Agreement 1522 dated August 11, 2022, issued by the Board of Directors of the IGSS was published in the Official Gazette of Guatemala. Said agreement gives way to the creation of the regulation for the protection of part-time workers, to regulate the protection mechanisms for employees and give them a treatment equivalent to that of a full-time employee.
Therefore, part-time workers will have access to working time, and labor risks covered in sickness, maternity, accident, disability, old age, and survival programs.
To calculate the contribution of the workers, a factor is established where in case of being greater than 1, the current contribution will be computed as a monthly contribution and in case of being less than 1, it will be computed as a half contribution in the same month.
This agreement will be effective as of December 2022.