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Ley Karin — Chile's National Law Against Workplace Harassment and Sexual Harassment

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Chile's Ley Karin (2024) obliges every employer to run a harassment/sexual-harassment complaint channel; 44,212 complaints were filed in its first 11 months, but independent reviews found only 16.6% of cumulative cases confirmed as violations, with heavy delays.

44,212
Total complaints filed (Aug 2024–Jun 2025)
66.4%
Complaints filed by women (first 11 months)
16.6% of ~68,000
Cumulative complaints confirmed as violations (two-year mark)
87.8% (averaging ~103 days)
Investigations exceeding the 30-business-day legal limit
Ley Karin — Chile's National Law Against Workplace Harassment and Sexual Harassment

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Direccion del Trabajo (DT) / Ministerio del Trabajo y Prevision Social; SUSESO
Period
2024-present
Keywords
labour law, occupational safety, gender-based violence prevention, public administration

Context

Ley Karin (Law No. 21.643), in effect since 1 August 2024, requires every Chilean employer to maintain a written harassment-prevention protocol and internal complaints channel, with the Labour Directorate able to investigate directly and apply protective measures such as paid leave or physical separation.

Results

In its first eleven months, SUSESO recorded 44,212 complaints, 66.4% filed by women, with protective measures applied in most cases; by the two-year mark only 16.6% of roughly 68,000 cumulative complaints had been confirmed as actual violations, and 87.8% of completed investigations exceeded the 30-business-day legal limit.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Labour Directorate (DT) inspectors, SUSESO case administrators

Conditions for success

  • giving the Labour Directorate direct investigative powers and protective-measure authority
  • modelling the law explicitly on ILO Convention 190, ratified by Chile in 2023

Common failure modes

  • 87.8% of completed investigations exceeded the 30-business-day legal limit, averaging about 103 days
  • the Labour Directorate's own minister described the agency as 'saturated'
  • only 16.6% of cumulative complaints were confirmed as actual violations by the two-year mark

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