Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Costa Rica as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’. 

Costa Rica: Private sector minimum salary increase as of January 2021

The National Salary Council has approved a 0 …

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Costa Rica: Electronic platform launched for immigration applications

Foreign nationals may now file certain immigration applications and submit electronic copies of their application documents via the Digital Electronic Platform (to be found here) …

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Costa Rica: Health pass

All visitors must complete the Health Pass form and obtain a QR code to show to airport authorities upon arrival in Costa Rica …

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Costa Rica: Payment of wages during strikes

It is a curious fact that Costa Rica is the only country in the world where pay may not be automatically suspended when an employee goes on strike …

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Costa Rica: Extension of the temporary measures for the provision of services provided by Immigration

The validity of the ID residency card held by permanent residents that have been due to expire this month has now been extended through to 30th September 2020 …

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Costa Rica: More long weekends

A programme of additional national holidays that will provide long weekends has been created over the years until 2024 …

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Costa Rica: Dates to observe holidays

The Economic Affairs Commission is proposing that during the remainder of 2020, and for the whole of 2021, public holidays falling at a weekend be preserved and moved primarily to the nearest Monday …

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Costa Rica: Employee withdrawals

Employees made redundant, temporarily suspended or subject to a pay cut because of the global pandemic are now entitled to withdraw funds paid into any defined contribution pension fund …

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Costa Rica: Labor and social security measures

Companies adversely affected by the pandemic may unilaterally reduce working time and pay by up to 50%, provided they inform the labour inspectorate within three days of the change …

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Costa Rica: Private sector minimum salary increase for 2020

The National Wages Council has approved a 2 …

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Costa Rica: Reforms to the Immigration Control Regulation

Reforms to the Immigration Control Regulation in Costa Rica will enable foreign workers who are in the process of acquiring a residency permit to work whilst their application is in the process of approval …

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Costa Rica: Intel lays off hundreds of workers across US, Costa Rica

The company Intel has terminated hundreds of IT employees across its US and Costa Rica operating sites …

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Costa Rica: Home-working

The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, has met with Amazon executives to discuss increasing the number of nationals working for a new virtual contact centre where all employees are based at home …

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Costa Rica: Murder rate hits record in 2017

Although Costa Rica has the reputation of being a “haven of peace” in an otherwise turbulent Latin American World, the truth is that it is already fast becoming a hotbed of gun crime, with 12 …

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Costa Rica: Same-sex couples can marry in 2020

Employers sometimes have difficulties in hiring foreign workers because of differences in the country’s legal framework that affect the potential employee’s domestic life …

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