Colombian government regulates work from home

The Ministry of Labor has issued regulations governing work from home in the private sector and the requirements for employees to request it and for employers to impose it. Some of the most significant aspects of the new decree include the exceptional circumstances that must exist to approve the arrangement, the procedure applied to requests received, and the specific obligations of employers, employees and occupational risk insurers (administradores de riesgos laborales, “ARLs”). These new regulations also apply when working abroad.