At B&A Law Firm, we provide our expertise in labor law in Panama to our clients as a necessary element to safeguard them and reduce the risks of the inconveniences that arise daily in labor relations and to maintain a respectful relationship between employers and their employees.
We can accompany you in the negotiation in the finalization of your personnel selection process to negotiate Labor Contracts that comply with the Panamanian Constitution, labor laws, the bylaws as they refer to collective agreements and the internal statutes of your company.
We also provide all our labor expertise with negotiations between one or several employees, taking into account that no negotiation can end with the waiver of legal rights or with the duties of the employer-employee relationship.
All labor agreements must always be made in writing with 3 duplicate copies (1 copy for each of the parties and 1 copy for the Ministry of Labor). Except in the areas of agriculture, domestic services, occasional labor services not exceeding three months, specific labor services not exceeding $ 200, and labor services in districts with less than 1500 inhabitants with some exceptions.
At B&A Law Firm we recommend that all labor agreements have a written work contract, otherwise all the facts are presumed and increasing the difficulty of refuting the allegations of a conflicting employee.
Our group of lawyers has vast experience in the management of labor law in Panama in both public and private spheres.
Our services to prevent or help you in matters of Labor Law in Panama:
- Drafting work contracts.
- Termination of the employment relationship (dismissal, mutual consent, resignation).
- Processing of labor cases before the Conciliation and Decision Boards (dismissals of disciplinary nature and of a non-attributable nature and others).
- Processing of labor cases before the common courts (Sectional Labor Courts, Superior Labor Courts, Supreme Court of Justice).
- Processing before administrative justice (Ministry of Labor and Labor Development.
- Collective Bargaining (Collective Labor Agreements).
- Application and scope of labor legislation in general.
- Administrative and judicial procedures before the labor authorities.
Foreign workers
If you are considering hiring a foreign worker, you must comply with the law that establishes that 90% of the labor force of a company must be Panamanian and 10% foreign. However, there are exceptions to this rule that are linked to the characteristics of Temporary Resident, Permanent Resident and Work Permit of each person.
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