He Senate sent to the third constitutional process, the project that modifies the Work code to enable remote work of pregnant women, in cases of health alert due to an epidemic.
The regulation establishes the obligation of the employer to offer the pregnant worker -during a state of constitutional exception due to a contagious disease- the modality of telecommuting, without reduction of remuneration, or use it for tasks that do not require contact with the public.
The RN Senator, Marcela Sabat, one of the promoters, gave details of the project.
The Senator of the PS, Isabel Allende, He assured that making remote work possible for pregnant women should be a State policy. Of course, she regretted that the rule only applies in certain cases.
The initiative proposes the simultaneous emission of Medical licenses due to serious illness of the child under one year of age, and extends the maternal jurisdiction, the term of which occurs during the term of the aforementioned constitutional state of exception.
The text was approved unanimously and, now, the modifications will be reviewed by the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies.
