{"id":15206,"date":"2024-08-26T20:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/?p=15206"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:57:13","slug":"alerta-legal-nueva-ley-de-inclusion-laboral-ley-n-21-690","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/alerta-legal-nueva-ley-de-inclusion-laboral-ley-n-21-690\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Alert: New Labor Inclusion Law (Law No. 21,690)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/strong> Cristi\u00e1n V\u00e1squez \u2013 Alvarez Abogados<\/p>

On August 24, 2024, Law No. 21,690<\/em> was published in the Official Gazette<\/em>, introducing a new Labor Inclusion Law aimed at expanding and strengthening job opportunities for people with disabilities and recipients of disability pensions.<\/p>

  1. Increase in the hiring quota<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

    The mandatory quota rises from 1% to 2%, but this increase will take effect only once companies and public entities reach 80% compliance with the current 1% requirement.
    The Ministry of Social Development must issue an annual report on compliance levels.<\/p>

    The obligation applies to work units with more than 100 employees, and the Labor Directorate will maintain a public registry and strengthen its inspection staff.<\/p>

    1. Expanded scope of beneficiaries<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

      The obligation now extends to include recipients of disability pensions, regardless of their social security system.<\/p>

      1. Alternative compliance through contractors and subcontractors<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

        Workers with disabilities or recipients of disability pensions hired by contractors will count toward compliance only if they effectively perform services for the principal company.<\/p>

        Contractor companies subject to the same legal obligation may be counted for another principal company\u2019s compliance only for contracts exceeding their own workforce threshold.<\/p>

        1. Reform of the donation mechanism<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

          Companies that cannot meet the hiring quota for justified reasons may comply by donating the equivalent of 24 monthly minimum wages for each unfilled position.<\/p>

          The new law seeks to decentralize and diversify donations by:<\/p>

          • Expanding the type of eligible recipient entities;<\/li>
          • Limiting donations to no more than 50% to a single organization;<\/li>
          • Requiring at least one donation to an organization outside the Metropolitan Region.<\/li><\/ul>

            The Ministry of Labor will issue regulations detailing the annual reporting format and eligibility requirements for recipient organizations.<\/p>

            1. Workplace inclusion protocol<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

              Companies must implement a workplace inclusion protocol consistent with the principles of Law No. 20,422<\/em>, ensuring equality and social inclusion.<\/p>

              1. Supervision and fines<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

                Fines will now be applied monthly and per missing hire, instead of a single sanction, significantly increasing their deterrent effect.<\/p>

                1. Effective date<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>
                  • The 2% quota will take effect in January following the Ministry of Social Development\u2019s report certifying 80% compliance.<\/li>
                  • The new fine regime will become effective in January 2025.<\/li><\/ul>

                    For further guidance on implementing Law 21,690, please contact our Labor Law team.<\/p>

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                    Published August 24, 2024 Author: Cristi\u00e1n V\u00e1squez \u2013 Alvarez Abogados On August 24, 2024, Law No. 21,690 was published in the Official Gazette, introducing a new Labor Inclusion Law aimed at expanding and strengthening job opportunities for people with disabilities and recipients of disability pensions. Increase in the hiring quota The mandatory quota rises from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15206"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15380,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15206\/revisions\/15380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alvareza.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}