ABSTRACT
The Labour Code, 2003, as amended, governs labor relations between employers and workers. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, or social origin as well as workplace harassment. Sexual harassment and bullying are also prohibited. Acts of discrimination are a distinction, exclusion, or preference based on race, color, sex, age, association, religion, political opinion, nationality, national origin, aimed at nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment and occupation. An employer must adopt measures to safeguard those involved after a sexual harassment complaint by separating workplaces and schedules and must launch internal investigations and report back to the Ministry of Labour. If the harassment is confirmed, the perpetrator is to be fired without compensation. Chile passed a law that amended the Labour Code to prohibit workplace bullying, effective from August 8, 2012. Act No. 20,607, Amending the Code of Work Practices Sanctioning Workplace Harassment amended Articles 2 and 160.
