The question almost always comes with an awkward tone: "Eze, the girl in finance works from home, has a 7-year-old, and disconnects for an hour in the morning to take him to school. Can I deduct that from her pay?". And the short answer is no. The long answer is what we are going to cover in this note, because it is scary: art. 6 of Law 27.555 explicitly recognizes the remote worker's right to interrupt and reorganize their workday for caregiving tasks. It is not leave, it is not an absence, it is not something that gets deducted. It is a specific piece of the telework regime in Argentina that still surprises employers. Here I explain who qualifies, how to notify, what the proportionality rule is regarding a partner, and what happens if the company tries to penalize someone for exercising it.
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Childcare and telework in Argentina: a key right under Law 27.555
Art. 6 of Law 27.555 gives remote workers with children under 13, a person with a disability, or an elderly person in their care the right to interrupt and reorganize their workday for caregiving tasks, without salary deductions. Who qualifies, how to notify, and a real-life case.
June 6, 202613 min de lectura read
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