To provide training on the correct application of the Karin Law, Codelco División El Teniente together with the Regional Labor Directorate organized the second round of information sessions in which representatives of 80 collaborating companies of the copper company participated. In the session, Daniela Cabrera, Regional Director of Labor, and experts from that entity explained the scope of the law that has been in force since August 1 and that protects against harassment and workplace violence.

Mauricio Muñoz, Director of Management and Supervision of Contractor Companies at El Teniente, recalled that “15 thousand people work in the Division, both internal and third-party personnel, and it is important that the Labor Directorate, as the entity that supervises the law, explains and details how this new legal body works and is applied in practice.”

Daniela Cabrera added that the activity “is carried out within the context of our legal powers as Directorate because we have the obligation to disseminate the current labor regulations and ensure compliance with the law.”

Together, El Teniente and the Directorate of Labor have organized two informative talks so far, in which representatives of around 150 companies have participated.

The representative of the company Ingenalse SA, Felipe Ruiz, stressed that “the initiative was very positive because it gave us information and an informed person who is an authority on the subject clarified some doubts. We appreciate this opportunity.”

For Noemí Maturana, from the Schwager company, “the talk allows us to learn about the application of the law and to respond in the best way possible to the questions that workers ask us on a daily basis.”

The Karin Law is a regulation that defines and establishes measures to prevent, investigate and sanction workplace and sexual harassment, recognizing its negative effects on mental and physical health, dignity and equal opportunities. To do this, the employer must have prevention, monitoring and sanction mechanisms.