Horas extras y recargos con la reforma: nocturno desde las 7 p. m., dominical al 90%
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 17 Oct 2026.Con la reforma laboral (Ley 2466 de 2025) el trabajo nocturno empieza a las 7 p. m., la jornada es de 42 horas desde el 15 de julio de 2026 y el recargo dominical o festivo sube al 90% desde el 1 de julio de 2026. La hora extra diurna vale 125%, la nocturna 175% y el recargo nocturno es 35%. Con $2.100.000 la hora ordinaria vale $10.000.
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This calculator prices overtime and the night, Sunday and holiday surcharges for an employee in Colombia under the 2025 labour reform, Law 2466 of 2025, and the shorter week of Law 2101 of 2021, from the Ministry of ICT's official legal compilation.
The week. Article 161 now sets at most 8 hours a day and 42 a week. Law 2101 brought the week down gradually: 47 hours from 15 July 2023, 46 from 2024, 44 from 2025 and 42 from 15 July 2026, without lowering the salary or the value of the ordinary hour.
The surcharges. Article 168 pays night work 35% over day work, overtime by day 25% and overtime at night 75%, each on its own. Article 179 pays work on the rest day or a holiday with a surcharge that rises in steps: 80% from 1 July 2025, 90% from 1 July 2026 and 100% from 1 July 2027.
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Article 168 of the labour code adds 25% to the ordinary hourly value for overtime by day and 75% for overtime at night, so an extra hour pays 1.25 or 1.75 times the hourly value. On a 2,100,000-peso salary and a 42-hour week that is 12,500 or 17,500 pesos.
At 19:00. Article 160, as amended by Law 2466 of 2025, counts day work from 6:00 to 19:00 and night work from 19:00 to 6:00 the next day. The change took effect six months after the law was signed on 25 June 2025, so from 25 December 2025.
Law 2466 raises the surcharge for work on the rest day or a holiday in steps: 80% from 1 July 2025, 90% from 1 July 2026 and 100% from 1 July 2027. An employer may apply 100% at once. Work on up to two rest days a month is occasional; three or more is habitual.
Law 2101 of 2021 cut the week from 48 hours in steps: 47 from 15 July 2023, 46 from 15 July 2024, 44 from 15 July 2025 and 42 from 15 July 2026. Article 161 now states the 42-hour maximum, still with at most 8 hours a day.
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