Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Peru as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Peru: Visa-free entry for Emiratis travelling to Peru
Under a newly signed agreement, citizens from UAE and Peru may now visit each other’s country without a visa …
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Peru: Positive changes to Labour Laws
In the last year numerous changes have taken place in labour legislation, including changes to dismissal law …
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Peru: A new law has been endorsed to ensure equal treatment
A new law has been endorsed by the State President that entitles all citizens the right to be treated equally no matter what their physical or mental disability …
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Peru: Paternity leave extended for private sector employees
Newly introduced paternity leave legislation has extended leave entitlement to 10 consecutive calendar days for both natural or caesarean section births …
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Peru: New legislative protection for equal pay
It is now six months since a new law (No 30709) came into force prohibiting pay discrimination between men and women and a transition period for companies to draw up detailed wage scales with associated duties has just come to an end …
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Peru: Annual tax payment for foreign residents no longer required
Any foreign national resident in Peru has previously had to pay a special tax called the “annual aliens rate” (TAE) at the beginning of each year …
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Peru: A lifeline for companies cooperate in corruption investigations
The government has proposed a new law that would allow companies willing to cooperate in corruption investigations a lifeline so that their business can continue to operate during any investigation …
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Peru: Working population
Between January and March 2017 female employment in the Lima metropolitan area grew by 33,700 whilst the male working population dropped by 8,300 …
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Peru: Obligatory baby feeding space
All companies with at least 20 female employees aged 15 to 49 must now establish a special safe and contamination-free area for mothers to breast-feed their babies …
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Peru: Minimum wage increase
The national monthly minimum wage in Peru increased on May 1st 2016 from 750 Peruvian sol (226 US dollars) to 850 Peruvian sol (256 US dollars) …
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Peru: No national minimum wage increase this year
Despite wide expectations that Peru’s national minimum wage would increase this year, Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano has announced that no increase will be made to the minimum wage rate before the end of the current president’s government next year …
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Peru: Tax exemptions on bonuses
A new law has been published in Peru which provides a tax exemption for bonuses paid in July and in December on the occasions of Independence Day and Christmas …
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