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The text explores whether employers can restrict the use of mobile phones during working hours under Costa Rican regulations.

The labor obligations for both employers and employees regarding electronic nicotine delivery systems, non-nicotine alternatives, and electronic devices that use heated tobacco and similar technologies are analyzed.

It addresses how the employer should handle the situation when the employee has personal information on technological equipment owned by the company.

The employee's duty of confidentiality within the employment relationship is addressed.

The necessary requirements to establish an acquired right are analyzed, highlighting the difference between an acquired right and an expectation of a right.

It is analyzed whether an employer can ask its workers to cover their visible tattoos during the work day.

Analysis of aspects associated with the labor post-contractual non-competition agreement.

Detailed analysis of the possible sanctions for abandoning work, using as an example the action of watching football matches during the working day without the employer's permission.

The incidence of executive decrees No. 43542-S and No. 43544-S that were published on May 11, 2022 for employers in the private sector is analyzed.

Analysis of the right to privacy and the installation of surveillance cameras at work.