Preliminary Labor Investigations Initiated by Territorial Directorate in Colombia

A dataset from datos.gov.co, last updated on 2026-05-18, containing records of preliminary investigations initiated by territorial directorates of the Ministry of Labor in Colombia. The data likely tracks the number of initial fact-finding actions taken by officials to assess the probability of labor law violations. It is provided in CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF formats.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional enforcement activity by aggregating Averiguaciones_preliminares_iniciadas_numero grouped by Direccion_Territorial.
• Identify high-activity territorial directorates by ranking Direccion_Territorial based on Averiguaciones_preliminares_iniciadas_numero.
• Model trends in preliminary investigation initiation using the count column Averiguaciones_preliminares_iniciadas_numero over time.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• The dataset is hosted on a government open data portal (datos.gov.co).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of the Ministry of Labor's territorial directorates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:58:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia