Costa Rica, renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty, relaxed lifestyle, and friendly locals, is rapidly establishing itself as a hotspot for digital nomads in Latin America.
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A wave of 81,000 layoffs from multinational companies has hit hard. 5 of the 15 companies leading the mass layoffs worldwide have operations in Costa Rica. The layoffs are due…
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Costa Rica Upping Salaries in Public Sector by About $15 a Year
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/12/18Public sector workers will benefit from an agreement signed by the government and the union sector on Tuesday. 125,000 civil service officials will have a single increase of ₡7,500 next…
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Costa Rican Companies Offering Non-Monetary Benefits at Work
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/12/05Companies are fighting to attract talent by offering an “emotional salary” in addition to the normal monetary one. Practices can include benefits like a place to rest or permission to…
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How Costa Rica is Fighting Unemployment
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/12/29The Government has raised 16 measures intended to lower the unemployment rate between 0.8 and 1.9 points in the next four years. The unemployment rate was 9.2% in 2017 and…
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Employment Reform in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/11/28Costa Rica News – The Government will submit a reform to public employment in March 2019.
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Akamai Expands Into Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/09/18Costa Rica News – Akamai trains people in technology and then hires them. The firm Akamai has used this method in the US and in Poland and Costa Rica now becomes…
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Double Pay for Mother’s Day in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/08/15Costa Rica News – If you work on Mother’s Day, you will be paid double. The holiday, celebrated today, is a mandatory payment holiday.