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Part time work, telework and domestic work in Paraguay: the special regimes

Last verified: 2026-10-28 · Status: Stable

Part time contracts under Ley 6339/2019 cover 16 to 32 hours a week, must be written, cannot impose exclusivity and pay at least PYG 14,635 an hour by day from 1 July 2026, with full IPS cover on actual pay. Telework under Ley 6738/2021 is voluntary and reversible with 15 days' notice, keeps all employee rights, requires the employer to supply and maintain equipment unless agreed otherwise and guarantees at least 12 hours of continuous disconnection. Domestic workers under Ley 5407/2015 need a written contract, have a 30 day probation, earn the full minimum wage since 2019 and must be registered with IPS.

USD figures use PYG 5,868.31 per US dollar, the Banco Central del Paraguay reference quotation in the planilla for Wednesday 28 October 2026. Conversions are for orientation only.

Key facts

Part time contract, minimum weekly hours	16 hoursLey 6339/2019 art. 3, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Part time contract, maximum weekly hours	32 hoursLey 6339/2019 art. 3, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Part time overtime cap, share of contracted weekly hours	10 %Ley 6339/2019 art. 4, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Minimum hourly wage, part time, day hours, from 1 July 2026	14635 PYGRes. MTESS 670/2026 art. 2, as of 2026-07-01 · in force
Minimum hourly wage, part time, night hours, from 1 July 2026	21743 PYGRes. MTESS 670/2026 art. 2, as of 2026-07-01 · in force
Minimum continuous disconnection for teleworkers	12 hoursLey 6738/2021 art. 8, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Notice to reverse telework agreed after hiring	15 daysLey 6738/2021 art. 8, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Domestic workers' minimum as share of the general minimum	100 %Ley 5407/2015 art. 10 (Ley 6338/2019), as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Maximum probation, domestic workers	30 daysLey 5407/2015 art. 7 g, as of 2026-10-28 · in force
Employer IPS rate stated in the domestic work law	14 %Ley 5407/2015 art. 20 b, as of 2026-10-28 · in force

The rule

1. Part time contracts. A contract is part time when the agreed subordinated work lasts between 16 and 32 hours a week; it must be written, and any contract above 32 weekly hours is full time. Hours may be distributed by hours a day, days a week or weeks a month. Exceptional overtime must be paid and cannot exceed 10 percent of the contracted weekly hours; a day over five hours must include a break of at least half an hour, not counted as work. Public and private teachers, health staff (personal de blanco) and public transport workers are excluded. The law entered into force within at most three months of its publication on 10 July 2019.
Cost to do it: No registration fee; written contract required.
Example: A 24 hour a week contract may include at most 2.4 hours of overtime a week. / Same.Ley Nº 6339/2019 Que regula el empleo a tiempo parcial, Art. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 16, 2019-07-08 official text · verified 2026-10-28

2. Part time pay, leave and IPS. Pay is computed by hours worked on the basis of the minimum wage, or the higher agreed salary, divided by 26 days and then by 8 hours; no lower base may be used, and regulated sector minimums apply where they exist. Res. MTESS 670/2026 sets the part time minimum at PYG 14,635 an hour by day and PYG 21,743 by night from 1 July 2026. Part time workers get vacation under the Code, all Code leaves, maternity and breastfeeding rights (breastfeeding time proportional to hours), paternity leave, and the 5 percent family allowance per child. They are covered by IPS for each job at the general rates on actual pay; where pay in a job is below the minimum wage the employer must top up the sickness and maternity fund contribution to 100 percent of the minimum base, while pension contributions follow actual pay. Exclusivity cannot be agreed, and the Code applies to anything not covered.
Cost to do it: Minimum PYG 14,635 an hour by day (US$2); IPS on actual pay plus the health fund top up.
Example: 20 hours a week for 4.33 weeks at the minimum: about PYG 1,268,367 a month. / About US$216 a month.Ley Nº 6339/2019; Resolución MTESS Nº 670/2026, Ley 6339/2019 art. 6 to 12; Res. MTESS 670/2026 art. 2, 2019-07-08 official text · verified 2026-10-28

3. Telework. Telework is a special form of dependent employment performed remotely through information technology, at the worker's home or another place, under technology based supervision; it may be full time, alternating or temporary, online, offline or mixed. It is voluntary, flexible and reversible, and may be agreed at hiring or later, in which case the employer gives a written description of duties, conditions, pay and reports; if not part of the initial job description, either party may reverse it in writing, with reasons, on 15 days' notice. Teleworkers keep the same labor, union and social security rights, leaves and family allowances as on site staff, and overtime must be tracked like on site overtime. Employers must respect a right to disconnect of at least 12 continuous hours, and on rest days, leave and holidays.
Cost to do it: Same pay and benefits as on site staff.
Example: An employer wanting staff back in the office after a later agreed switch to telework must give 15 days' written notice with reasons. / Same.Ley Nº 6738/2021 Que establece la modalidad del teletrabajo en relación de dependencia, Art. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2021-05-24 official text · verified 2026-10-28

4. Telework equipment, safety and control. Equipment, responsibility and costs must be defined before telework starts. The employer provides and maintains equipment and software unless the worker asks to use personal equipment and the employer agrees in the contract or addendum, in which case the employer may compensate the costs; the employer protects the data processed, trains the worker, informs on occupational safety risks in writing and remains responsible for the teleworker's health and safety. Home visits to check safety or equipment require prior notice and an agreed schedule, during working hours and in the worker's presence. Teleworkers must report damage to equipment within 24 hours and illness or accidents immediately, with medical certificates within 48 hours. Teleworkers are insured with IPS like other private sector employees, and e mails to the corporate or personal address are legally valid notices.
Cost to do it: Equipment and maintenance at the employer's cost unless agreed otherwise; optional allowance for personal equipment.
Example: A company letting a developer use a personal laptop must say so in the telework addendum to be released from responsibility for it. / Same.Ley Nº 6738/2021, Art. 12 to 22, 2021-05-24 official text · verified 2026-10-28

5. Domestic work. Domestic work is habitual, paid, subordinated household work (cleaning, cooking, childcare, gardening, family driver, care of sick or elderly people and similar), live in or live out, by persons aged eighteen or over. The contract is presumed indefinite, pay may be hourly, daily, weekly or monthly but not for periods over a month, and piece work is not allowed. It must be written, stating pay, hours, food and housing conditions, and a probation of at most 30 days. Clauses forcing the worker not to leave the home, to work during rest or vacation, or to hand over identity documents are void. Monthly pay is due within the fourth business day after each month. Live out workers have 8 hour day and 48 hour week limits (7 and 42 at night) with a one hour break; live in workers get at least a two hour break and 24 continuous hours of weekly rest, and work on rest days or holidays is optional and paid double. Domestic workers are covered by the general minimum wage since Ley 6338/2019 and must be registered in the IPS general regime, with the law setting 9 percent from the worker and 14 percent from the employer on actual pay, shared pro rata among several employers.
Cost to do it: At least PYG 3,044,000 a month full time, plus IPS employer contributions.
Example: A full time live out housekeeper on the minimum: PYG 3,044,000 gross, worker IPS PYG 273,960 withheld, employer IPS PYG 426,160 at the 14 percent set in Ley 5407/2015. / About US$519 gross a month.Ley Nº 5407/2015 Del trabajo doméstico, as amended by Ley Nº 6338/2019, Ley 5407/2015 art. 2, 5 to 8, 10 (Ley 6338/2019), 11, 13 to 16 and 18 to 20, 2015-10-12 official text · verified 2026-10-28

Point	Part time	Telework	Domestic work
Form	Written	Written description of duties if agreed after hiring	Written
Hours	16 to 32 a week	Same limits as on site	8 a day and 48 a week (live out)
Minimum pay	PYG 14,635 an hour (day)	Same as on site	PYG 3,044,000 a month full time
Exclusivity	Not allowed	As agreed	Not regulated
Probation	Code rules	Code rules	Up to 30 days
IPS	General rates on actual pay, health top up to minimum	General regime	General regime, 9 and 14 percent per the law
Special right	Several employers allowed	12 hours of disconnection; reversibility	Double pay for optional rest day or holiday work

Special regimes compared (Ley 6339/2019, Ley 6738/2021, Ley 5407/2015 as amended by Ley 6338/2019, Res. MTESS 670/2026; read on 28 October 2026)

Worked example

A Brazilian e commerce startup in Asunción hires two customer service agents part time, 24 hours a week each, at the minimum: about PYG 1,522,040 a month each (US$259), with written contracts and no exclusivity clause (Ley 6339/2019 art. 3, 6 and 11).
Each agent's pay is below the monthly minimum wage, so the startup pays IPS at the general rates on actual pay and tops up the sickness and maternity fund contribution as if pay were PYG 3,044,000 (art. 10).
Its developers telework full time under telework addenda: the company provides laptops, logs overtime as for office staff and does not send messages during the 12 hour disconnection window (Ley 6738/2021 art. 8, 9 and 14).
A foreign manager relocating with family hires a live out housekeeper with a written contract, a 30 day probation, at least the full minimum wage and IPS registration (Ley 5407/2015 art. 7, 10 and 18).

Step by step

Part time: write the contract with weekly hours between 16 and 32, the schedule and hourly rate; register with IPS; cap overtime at 10 percent.
Telework: sign an addendum covering place, equipment, costs, schedule, supervision tools and disconnection; deliver written safety information.
Domestic work: sign a written contract with the art. 7 contents, register the worker with IPS and pay monthly by the fourth business day.

Common traps

Over 32 weekly hours a part time contract becomes full time, with full time minimums (Ley 6339/2019 art. 3).
Part time hourly minimums use the 26 day divisor and are higher than a monthly worker's hourly rate.
Telework agreed after hiring can be reversed by either side on 15 days' notice; telework in the initial job description follows the agreed terms (Ley 6738/2021 art. 8).
Ley 5407/2015 sets 14 percent employer IPS for domestic work; whether the additional 2.5 percent of Ley 7446/2024 applies to domestic employers was not confirmed in official sources, so check the IPS statement when registering.

Sources

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