Opening a Business and Hiring Workers in Latin America Wednesday, April 14, 2010 © Employment Law Alliance.

Presentación del tema: "Opening a Business and Hiring Workers in Latin America Wednesday, April 14, 2010 © Employment Law Alliance."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Opening a Business and Hiring Workers in Latin America Wednesday, April 14, 2010 © Employment Law Alliance

2 Introduction -2- © Employment Law Alliance

3 Presenters Juan Carlos De La Vega, Moderator, Santamarina Y Steta, Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico jdelavega@s-s.mx Liz Gordilla Anleu, Arias & Muñoz, Guatemala, Guatemala liz.gordillo@ariaslaw.com Roberto Argüello, Arias & Muñoz, Managua, Nicaragua roberto.arguello@ariaslaw.com -3- © Employment Law Alliance

4 Presenters Anna Karina Jiménez, Arias & Muñoz, San José, Costa Rica ajimenez@ariaslaw.co.cr Diego S. Kelly, Marval, OFarrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina dsk@marval.com.ar Vilma Toshie Kutomi, Demarest e Almeida Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil kutomi@demarest.com.br -4- © Employment Law Alliance

5 Presenters Luis Esteban Palacios, Palacios Ortega & Asociados, Caracas, Venezuela lepalacios@palaciosortega.com Jessica Handal Segebre, Arias & Muñoz, San Pedro Sula, Honduras jessica.handal@ariaslaw.com Enrique M. Stille, Marval, OFarrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina ems@marval.com.ar -5- © Employment Law Alliance

6 Important Legal Requirements What are the most important legal/employment requirements when opening a new facility or office? Registration at the different public institutions Preparing/filing employment contracts at the Ministry of Labor or any other public institution Work rules, hand books or other employment related documents Are unions an aspect to consider? Immigration permits -6- © Employment Law Alliance

7 Establishing Relationships Establishing successful employment relationships with local executives and workers -7- © Employment Law Alliance

8 Local Labor Costs Local labor costs and minimum legal requirements: Mandatory compensation and benefits Vacations Christmas bonus Notice Severance Salary in-kind Other benefits Who is and is not exempt from these requirements -8- © Employment Law Alliance

9 Avoiding Conflicts Avenues for minimizing personnel conflicts that might otherwise arise: Employment at will and some exceptions Written employment agreements/burden of proof on the employer/language in the agreement and for instructions Expats: do they need to be included in payroll? Unions Internal policies vs. Internal Labor Regulation -9- © Employment Law Alliance

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