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Considerations regarding payment for work performed during work availability in Costa Rica.

Considerations regarding the payment of overtime and its compensation with rest time.

A brief analysis of the most critical aspects of severance pay, its calculation, and in which cases the employer must pay it within the labor relations of the private sector.

Unfair competition is analyzed as a cause for dismissal without employer responsibility.

In the case of Costa Rica, low performance or low productivity is a cause for dismissal without employer responsibility that is implicitly contained within the Labor Code and that is recognized by the jurisprudence of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.

Some considerations are provided regarding the employment contract signed between an employer and worker for a definite period of time.

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

Prescription of disciplinary power.

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

Possibility of requesting a criminal record sheet in the selection processes