Isabel C. Jaramillo Arango joined Godínez Legal in 2011 and is a key member of the firm's preventive advisory and employment compliance practice. Her experience focuses on supporting employers in the day-to-day management of their employment relationships, the prevention of contingencies and the control of legal risks associated with personnel management, including particularly sensitive scenarios. She also participates in the negotiation and formalization of agreements before alternative dispute resolution centers.
She also participates in the firm's litigation area, both in the handling of judicial hearings and in the preparation and follow-up of appeals in labor proceedings.
Member of the Costa Rican Labor Law Association.
She additionally has particular experience in the drafting of employment contracts, the design of internal policies, the conducting of labor audits and the management of internal proceedings for sexual harassment and workplace harassment. Her profile combines legal labor advisory work with direct experience in human resources management, having previously served as Human Resources Manager in Colombian companies and multinational corporations.
She also serves as a Professor of Labor Law at the University of Costa Rica and has worked as an international consultant in the field of corporate social responsibility and social research.
Awards
First Prize for the End-of-Master’s-MBA Dissertation. Business Management and Human Resources, awarded by the University of Castilla – La Mancha (2009).
Education
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Faculty of Law. Lawyer. Colombia (1994).
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Faculty of Law. Specialist in Administrative Law (1995).
University of Castilla – La Mancha. MBA in Business Management and Human Resources (2009).
University of Castilla – La Mancha. Department of Labor Law and Social Security. Doctor of Law. Distinction 'Cum Laude' by unanimous vote (2011).
Qualification recognized and validated by the University of Costa Rica (2015).
Qualification equated and recognized as a Law Degree by the University of Costa Rica (2021).
Admitted to the Costa Rican Bar Association (2022).
Publications
She has written the following books: 'Corporate Social Responsibility. A Fundamental Basis for Compliance with and Strengthening of Labor Rights' (Diké, Medellín, 2013) and 'Telework. Reflections on the New Law Governing Telework and Its Regulations' (Insolma, San José, 2020).
Author of various publications, some of them in collective works, including: 'The right to social security from the perspective of social justice in the Political Constitution of Costa Rica' (ILO, Geneva, 2023); 'Digital rights in Costa Rica in the sphere of work' (Tirant Lo Blanch, Mexico, 2024); and 'An approach to the responsibility of transnational corporations in the global era' (FCE, Editorial Bomarzo and Fundación Electra, Montevideo, 2025).
She has been commissioned to carry out research by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Contributions to collective works:
International Dictionary of Labor Law and Social Security. Baylos, Florencio and García (Coordinators), 'Labor Administration', 'Sustainable Development' and 'Corporate Social Responsibility' and 'discrimination on grounds of political opinion', Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain, 2014.
'Reflections on corporate social responsibility from its labor dimension', Espiga Journal, Year XIV, No. 30, July–December, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, 2015.
Costa Rican Institute of Procedural Law. Proceedings of the VII Congress of Procedural Law. Labor Procedural Reform. The Dismissal Letter and the New Limitation Period. Costa Rica, pp. 447–469. 2017.
History of Labor Procedural Law. Colombia, in History of Labor Procedural Law in Latin America. Monsalve, M. (Coordinator), Latin American Institute of Labor Law and Social Security, Editorial Ibáñez, Bogotá, 2020.
Bolaños Céspedes, F., 'Course of Labor Law', Volume II, in AA.VV., Corporate social responsibility and its impact on collective bargaining at transnational level, Editorial Jurídica Continental, Costa Rica, 2021.
Bolaños Céspedes, F., 'Course of Labor Law', Volume III, in AA.VV., co-authorship with Godínez Vargas, A., 'Prosecution of infringements of labor or social security legislation', Editorial Jurídica Continental, Costa Rica, 2021.
Articles in electronic publications:
'Business succession and transfer in Costa Rica' (Co-authorship with Alexander Godínez Vargas). IUSLabor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, No. 1/2015.
'Occupational Health and Safety in Costa Rica' (Co-authorship with Alexander Godínez Vargas). IUSLabor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, No. 2/2015.
'Equality, Non-Discrimination and Work-Life Balance in Costa Rica' (Co-authorship with Alexander Godínez Vargas). IUSLabor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, No. 2/2016.
'Fixed-term contracts and the principle of equal treatment in Costa Rica' (Co-authorship with Alexander Godínez Vargas). IUSLabor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, No. 1/2017.
'Dismissal for business reasons in Costa Rica' (Co-authorship with Alexander Godínez Vargas). IUSLabor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, No. 1/2018.
