Efectos que genera el acuerdo MINISTERIAL NRO. MDT-2020-221, ARTÍCULO 5 “de la duración del contrato de trabajo turístico y/o cultural y creativo.” del Ministerio de Trabajo referente a la norma que regula las modalidades contractuales especiales para los sectores: turístico y/o cultural y creativo en los establecimientos turísticos ubicados en la provincia de Pichincha DMQ periodo 2020.

Abstract

The objective of this academic article is to identify the effects of the agreement No. MDT 2020- 2021, of the Ministry of Labor in order to establish the scope and knowledge of the same in the tourist establishments of the city of Quito. Considering that the tourism sector has been one of the hardest hit in the country, with the presence of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, several establishments have been forced to reduce staff and even close, so an investigation was conducted taking as samples certain companies, which present some effects within their activity such as: shortage of hiring new personnel, lower productivity, economic deficit and ultimately, the closing of the premises, since in the mentioned sector there is no way to perform the activities at home as other sectors except for restaurants that had the facility to perform a certain method and only with recognized customers and in this way they coupled and managed to adapt to the new modality with its restrictions. 3 The application of this agreement issued by the Ministry of Labor could be beneficial for the establishments of the tourism sector, since through this regulation a proper labor contracting can be expected, with a certain aspect of security between the employer and the tourist employee.