Labor Code: Chapter 1 (General) and Chapter 2 (Conclusion of an Employment Contract)

Art. 14 prohibits employment discrimination; which is defined as restricting labor rights or obtaining privileges based on certain qualities or circumstances of a person, including gender.  A person that believes he or she has been discriminated against can apply to a court to eliminate such discrimination.  Art. 16 prohibits the unjustifiable refusal to conclude an employment agreement with a pregnant woman, woman with a child under three years of age, or a single parent of a child under 14 years of age or a disabled child under 18.  Under Art. 23, conditions of an employment contract of a “discriminatory nature” are invalid.