Modernization of the legislation on working hours and forms of employment contracts

Abstract

In Ecuador, as in most of the countries of the world, the serious economic, political and social repercussions are experienced as an effect of the pandemic that has hit the world since the end of 2019 and that apparently will extend indefinitely. All these circumstances have forced the Ecuadorian state to reform its labor legislation, seeking to make the forms of contracts and their hours more flexible to avoid massive layoffs and to provide some kind of tool for personnel management to companies that try to continue in operation despite current unfavorable conditions. Objectives: Identify reforms to labor legislation, analyze the social effects of labor reforms. Methodology: Applies the quantitative method, bibliographic design, documentary type, cross-sectional, analytical explanatory with the objectives of the study by the cause-effect method, without the intervention of the researcher. Contributions: This article aims to analyze the reforms to the labor code and their effects on the productive and social sectors, in addition to establishing a base for documentary consultation of the laws in force.