Developing a favorable labor structure is key to building a prosperous business. From individual employment arrangements to collective bargaining agreements, from navigating internal labor regulations to designing company policies and plans, clients rely on our experienced Employment and Labor team to plan and implement the framework necessary for success.

By putting together time-tested corporate and labor structures with individual employment agreements, we help management create a healthy and productive working environment while assisting with important immigration issues throughout Central America. We advise clients on all aspects of labor contracts, including preventive advice, drafting, and filing internal labor regulations, registrations with employment authorities, changes in employment terms and conditions, termination of employment relationships, immigration, labor mediation, arbitration, and litigation.

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Key services include:

• Labor contracts
• Preventive counseling
• Drafting and filing of internal labor regulations
• Employment authority registrations
• Negotiation of executive compensation packages and severance packages
• Changes in employment terms and conditions
• Termination of employment relationships
• Business immigration
• Labor mediation, arbitration and litigation

Insights

Panama: Maternity protection extended to the father

August 23, 2022

Panama: Law No. 238 of September 15, 2021 (hereinafter "Law 238") extends the maternity leave to the father and grants vacations in case of the mother's decease.

Nicaragua: National holiday on July 19 and public sector holiday on July 20

July 18, 2022

Nicaragua: The Minister of Labor of Nicaragua communicated that, according to article 66 of the Labor Code, Tuesday, July 19 is decreed as a mandatory national holiday, with the right to rest and salary for all workers of the country. July 19 celebrates the Revolution, which culminated in 1979 (due to the overthrow of the former president of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza Debayle).

Costa Rica: Regulations for the Digital Nomads Act

July 12, 2022

Costa Rica issued the regulation for the "Law to attract remote workers and service providers of international character".

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