LABOR BULLETIN
MINISTERIAL AGREEMENT No. MDT-2024-200
In this bulletin we present the main regulatory aspects of Ministerial Agreement No. MDT-2024-200 of October 22, 2024, on the modification and registration of the working day known as the electric “Pico y Placa”.
PURPOSE
- Temporary modification and registration of the ordinary and special working day (electric “Pico y Placa”).
SCOPE
- It applies to the private sector which, due to the national electricity sector emergency, requires a temporary modification of the working day.
AGREEMENT
- Employers and employees may, by mutual agreement, set a working day different from the one established in the employment contract due to the national electricity sector emergency.
WORKING DAY
- The working day may be modified as follows: 7:00 to 17:00 (10 hours per day) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; or 7:00 to 17:00 (10 hours per day) on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The modified working day must not exceed 40 hours per week. Overtime and additional hours must be paid, where applicable.
REST
- An additional 24 hours of rest is granted on top of the 48 weekly hours (three days in total).
REGISTRATION AND POSTING
- The modification of the working day must be registered in the SUT system and posted at the workplace.
END OF THE MODIFIED WORKING DAY
- The agreed modification ends: at the end of the energy crisis, or by agreement between the parties.
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