34885-MINAET of August 21, 2008, which shall read as follows:
"Article 1—Definition of terms:
a- Family Uprooting (Desarraigo Familiar): Economic compensation granted to those servants who, due to the nature of their position, work in and for protected wild areas, thereby having to absent themselves from their family nucleus consecutively, remaining outside their legal domicile for prolonged periods (cumulative monthly work shift (jornada mensual acumulativa)).
b- Cumulative Monthly Work Shift (Jornada Mensual Acumulativa): Work time during which the servant is absent from their legal domicile to perform functions inherent to their position, located in a Protected Wild Area of the National System of Conservation Areas, strictly complying with one of the following work periods:
i- 10 days worked consecutively and uninterruptedly, with 5 equally consecutive days off.
ii- 12 days worked consecutively and uninterruptedly, with 6 equally consecutive days off.
iii- 16 days worked consecutively and uninterruptedly, with 8 equally consecutive days off.
iv- 20 days worked consecutively and uninterruptedly, with 10 equally consecutive days off.
v- 30 days worked consecutively and uninterruptedly, with 22 days off, equally consecutive (exclusive work shift for officials stationed in the Isla del Coco National Park).
Other work shifts, different from those established in this Decree, may be established for institutional convenience, provided that the previously established proportion is respected (free time-time worked) without affecting the operational performance of their workplace and assigned functions. The Director of the respective Conservation Area shall be the one who, at the request of the Administrator of the Protected Wild Area, determines and approves the new cumulative work shift to be established. For this, the Director of the Conservation Area, by means of a duly reasoned administrative resolution, shall establish the just causes for the modification of the work shift.
c- Protected Wild Areas (Áreas Silvestres Protegidas): Those that, due to their ecological value, their geographic, biotic, social, and economic parameters, justify public interest and have been declared Absolute Reserves, Biological Reserves, National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, Forest Reserves, Protective Zones, Wetlands, National Monuments, and others that are established and by legal provision are under the administration of the National System of Conservation Areas.