# Hiring in Chile

Review edition — pending Theo Smith approval.

## What must the agreement contain?

The ordinary maximum working week reduced to 42 hours from 26 April 2026 under the phased forty-hour reform. The forty-hour stage is scheduled for 2028.

Applies to: Chile ordinary working-time regime; excluded and special schedules require checking

Still to establish: Worker exclusions, schedule, overtime and collective terms

- Worker exclusions, schedule, overtime and collective terms

Next step: Confirm Worker exclusions, schedule, overtime and collective terms.

- [Chile Directorate of Labour](https://www.dt.gob.cl/legislacion/1624/w3-article-129008.html)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.

## How do we switch EORs or move to our own entity?

Changes to ownership, possession or holding of a business do not alter employment-contract rights and obligations; those contracts continue with the new employer.

Applies to: Chilean Labour Code article 4 business continuity; not a finding that every EOR switch qualifies.

Still to establish: Transaction classification, employment identity, service and outstanding balances

- Classify the transaction under current local transfer/succession law.
- Determine consent, consultation, service, leave and historic-liability treatment.
- Confirm permits, payroll handover, provider termination and deposit recovery from actual documents.
- Transaction classification, employment identity, service and outstanding balances



- [www.dt.gob.cl](https://www.dt.gob.cl/portal/1628/w3-article-94903.html)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.