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Asunción. Workers of the private security sector in Paraguay remain fully alert in relation to highly conflictive elements included in a Bill that is being debated in the Lower House. It is about Article 205 of the Labour Code, subjectively interpreted by the company’s sector, and this fact derived in multiple denouncements, because the article deprives these workers from a series of rights, especially those referred to the payment of extra hours.



In fact, the arbitrary interpretation of article 205 of the Labour Code equalizes the night watchmen’s working hours, security guards or property guards, and the manager’s or company’s representatives, and this derives in the fact that extra hours shall no longer be paid if these exceed the universally recognised 8 hour-regular working journey. Union organisations of the private security sector in Paraguay, who presently develop a national campaign, point out that the bill’s article whose incorporation is currently being discussed, is highly unfavourable for the industry’s workers, and it would lead to a misleading and a disadvantageous interpretation.



For further information contact: alberto.barrow@uniglobalunion.org