LAW NO. 20,974 AMENDS RULES ON THE PROCEDURE FOR WORK PROTECTION AND PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT PROCEDURE Having regard to the fact that the National Congress has given its approval to the bill originating in the motion of the Honorable Senators, Senators Carolina Goic Boroevic and Adriana Muñoz D' Albora and Messrs Andrés Allamand Zavala, Hernan Larraín Fernández and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel, Bill: " Single article.-Modify the Labour Code as follows: 1) Replace the final sentence of Article 485, third indent, by the following: " In the same sense, the reprisals exercised against workers for the exercise of judicial actions shall be understood for their participation in them as a witness. or have been offered in such quality, or as a result of the audit work of the Directorate of Labour. "2) Add, in the fifth paragraph of Article 500, the following final sentence:" In the event of the single hearing for not there is sufficient background for the statement referred to in the first subparagraph, the the court shall fix within 20 days of the date of the decision, the day and the time for its conclusion, and shall mediate between the notification and the holding of the hearing, at least five days. " (3) Incorporate, in Article 501, the following final point: " Without prejudice to the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, in the case of causes of collective interest or causes which are more complex, the judge may, by way of a reasoned decision, lay down the judgment in question until within three days of the end of the hearing, which shall be notified in the manner provided for in the Article 457 (1), first indent. '; And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, November 28, 2016.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Alejandra Krauss Valle, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.-Jaime Campos Quiroga, Minister of Justice. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Francisco Javier Díaz Verdugo, Assistant Secretary of Labor.