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DECREE N ° 227

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.-That Article 38 of the Constitution provides that the work will be regulated by

a Code, which will have as its main object to harmonize the relations between employers and workers, establishing their rights and obligations.

II.-That by Legislative Decree No. 15, dated June 30, 1972, published In the Official Journal No. 142, Volume No. 236 of July 31, 1972, the Labor Code was approved.

III.-Currently, the credit history of persons is used as a criterion for employment contracts, becoming a requirement not only to ask for a

loan, now it is also to apply for work, even has been employed on occasion as a causal of dismissal.

IV.-That some recruiters demand, in addition to the job skills for

to perform the work and experience, the history of credit reporting companies, such as the information agencies or credit bureau, where it is established that the applicant has no debts to hire him. This fact is

totally subjective, as the recruiter when reviewing the credit bureau does not know the reasons or why the aspirant has not paid. This does not necessarily speak of an irresponsible person, as causes can be from disease

to unemployment.

V.-What should be included in the aforementioned normative body, provisions that

expand protection That is to say, that it is prohibited to use credit history as a criterion for hiring or causing dismissal, in order to generate favorable conditions that guarantee

the right to to obtain decent work and job stability. So it becomes necessary to reform the Labor Code.

BY TANTO,

in use of its Constitutional powers, at the initiative of the Deputy Francisco José Zablah Safie.

DECRETA the following:

REFORM OF THE JOB

Article 1.-Add a numeral 16 °) to item 30, as follows:

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