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They File a Judicial Appeal to Annul the 23.7% Increase in the Minimum Wage in Colombia

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Former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Alejandro Linares filed an urgent legal action requesting the temporary suspension of the minimum wage increase of 23.7% by 2026.

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Former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia Alejandro Linares filed an urgent legal action requesting the temporary suspension of the minimum wage increase of 23.7% by 2026.

Alejandro Linares, former president of the Constitutional Court, filed a tutelage action in a Bogotá court against the decree that set the minimum wage increase at 23.7% by 2026. The jurist represents an entrepreneur and questions the procedure used by the National Government. The lawsuit includes the actions of the Nation, the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministries of Labour and Finance. The former judge asks to temporarily stop the appl…

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Former President of the Constitutional Court called for the provisional suspension of the minimum wage increase through judicial action. Former President of the Constitutional Court Alejandro Linares filed an urgent judicial action to request the provisional suspension of the minimum wage increase of 23.7% by 2026, claiming that it was decreed by the government “without mandatory dialogue with employers and unions.” In a tutelage action (appeal …

Acting on behalf of the businessman Alexander Donato Rondon, the former judge of the Constitutional Court, Alejandro Linares, demanded the decree that defined the increase in the minimum wage by 23.78%. The lawsuit, filed against the ministries of Labour and Finance, argues that the decree violates the right to due process and the “tripartite conciliation mandate” of the minimum wage. In addition, the plaintiff argues that the measure has a seri…

By the end of last year, President Gustavo Petro announced that the increase in the minimum wage for 2026 would be 23.7%

Colombian workers. Photo: ©Andrzej Rostek de Getty Images via Canva.com Former President of the Constitutional Court Alejandro Linares acts as a proxy in a tutelage action against the increase in the minimum wage by 2026, set by the Government at 23 % by decree. Linares maintains that the executive branch violated the right to due process and ignored the constitutional mandate of conciliation by adopting the decision without an agreement between…

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Valora Analitik broke the news in on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
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