Labor Law and Social Security Law

Our Department of Employment is characterized by employment conflict prevention by rendering creative solutions adapted to both the needs of the company and the workers.

We provide legal consultancy in individual and collective labor law and social security law, and we rely on a team of professionals prepared for employment conflict prevention as well as for answering planning and employment conflict resolution inquiries with a vast experience regarding audits on the adherence to legislation applicable in this matter, employee restructuring, negotiation and drafting of work contracts, and international employee transfer. We also assist our clients in collective negotiations, conciliations and labor litigations.

We provide permanent, solid and efficient cooperation with the Human Resources Department on daily matters connected with the normal operation of the company.

Likewise and in a proactive manner, we provide updated information on legislation regarding changes in labor and social security aspects as well as in occupational health, safety and hygiene.

We advise foreign clients and people wishing to live in our country for different reasons on employee expatriation, including all relevant aspects about work planning, registration and hiring, and protection in the field of social security.

Our services include:

Advice in all aspects regarding start, development and termination of work contracts.
Staff hiring, working costs calculations, wage payment and other rewards.
Counseling on general and special benefits for the area of activity to which the company belongs.
Social Security counseling.
Counseling on tax aspects of the employment relationship.
Work Due diligence
Labor auditing
Negotiation in work, individual and collective conflicts
Negotiation, collective disputes and agreements
Representation of clients’ interests in case of trade union measures, collective disputes or strikes.
Training and update
Processing and follow-up of administrative files from different organisms with competence in the field of Social Security.
Counseling in drafting and/or adapting and applying internal policies and ethics codes.
Comprehensive counseling for obtaining work/residence permits.
Representation of companies and business chambers before wage councils.
Negotiation and drafting of termination agreements of work relationships and other documents regarding the individual work relationship.
Labor and social security auditing both in purchasing companies (due diligence) and improving and adhering to current legislation.
Preparing and modifying compensatory structures such as stock options programs, bonus policies, incentive programs and counseling on wage benefits specific for different areas of the activity.
Reorganizing and restructuring, layoffs, voluntary retirement plans, termination of superior members, crisis-prevention programs and negotiations in all areas so as to implement reorganizations.
Counseling in the field of occupational security and health, auditing and designing action plans and protocols.
Counseling and negotiation in all aspects related to activity outsourcing.
Work disputes and solution of conflicts as well proceedings before the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
Legislation update training and courses for our clients’ employees.
Counseling in terms of retirement, pension, welfare and social security contributions.
Migration specialists with extensive experience in moving and relocating large groups of employees.

Our services are focused on assisting those employees and their families in every aspect involved in establishing in our country, including the procurement of temporary identity card, temporary or final legal residence, citizenship papers, Uruguayan identity document, validation of foreign driver’s license and assistance in proceedings before consular sections of the country of origin of the interested party.