After listening to Courtney, I decided to look into the major differences between labor regulations in Chile and United States. The minimum wages are surely different for both countries. Minimum wage in US is about $1498.7/ month whereas the minimum wage in Chile is about $419.0/ month. The cost of living in both countries is different so the minimum wage difference doesn’t show how labor regulations are much different.
As I looked further, I found that paid annual leave for a worker with 1 year of tenure is 15 days in Chile but 0 days in US.
When it comes to job quality, US labor regulations require gender nondiscrimination in hiring, but Chile labor regulations don’t. Both countries have maternity leaves mandated by regulations, but the minimum length of maternity leave in Chile is 126 days whereas it is 0 days in US. Chilean women receive 100% wages on maternity leave, but American women don’t. Both countries have unemployment protection after a year of employment but have different regulations when it comes to minimum contribution period for unemployment protection (US has 6 months and Chile has 12 months).
The longer maternity leave in Chile sounds good, but it kind of plays into gender discrimination in hiring. None of the regulations are ideal for either country, but so far it is working out for them!
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/chile/labor-market-regulation
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new-york-city/labor-market-regulation
As I looked further, I found that paid annual leave for a worker with 1 year of tenure is 15 days in Chile but 0 days in US.
When it comes to job quality, US labor regulations require gender nondiscrimination in hiring, but Chile labor regulations don’t. Both countries have maternity leaves mandated by regulations, but the minimum length of maternity leave in Chile is 126 days whereas it is 0 days in US. Chilean women receive 100% wages on maternity leave, but American women don’t. Both countries have unemployment protection after a year of employment but have different regulations when it comes to minimum contribution period for unemployment protection (US has 6 months and Chile has 12 months).
The longer maternity leave in Chile sounds good, but it kind of plays into gender discrimination in hiring. None of the regulations are ideal for either country, but so far it is working out for them!
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/chile/labor-market-regulation
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new-york-city/labor-market-regulation