Labor Law

The Firm’s labor practice provides legal services to employers or domestic and multinational companies engaged in diverse business activities, for the implementation and development of labor strategies designed to optimize human and material resources.

The Firm has lawyers specialized in labor and social security matters, with broad experience in handling risks arising from employer-employee relationships, including union negotiations, consulting, litigation and social security.

The Firm deems it very important to participate in Collective Bargaining, including the preparation of union contracts for companies, their activities or corporate purposes notwithstanding; advice and participation in negotiating wages and full reviews of our clients’ union contracts; attending to and advising on strike-notice proceedings and economic and legal conflicts, both federal and local; as well as striving to have constant communication with its clients in connection with the implementation and management of their union employment relationships.

With respect to Labor Consulting, the Firm basically offers the services described below:

1. Conducting labor audits to implement preventive measures.
2. Preparation and execution of individual employment agreements, union contracts and internal labor regulations.
3. Preparation and registration of training plans.
4. Creation, registration and implementation of mixed employer-employee committees, as provided by law.
5. Responding to inquiries on specific matters, such as profit sharing, employer substitution, labor mediation, calculation and payment of fringe benefits such as vacations, vacation premium and overtime.
6. Labor treatment applicable to expatriate personnel in Mexico and their proper hiring. Management of Mexican personnel sent to work abroad.
7. Attending inspections conducted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and properly dealing with inspections in progress, as well as preparation of the documents required for such purpose.
8. Regulation of incentive programs, such as stock option plans for employees, sales commission or bonus plans.
9. Preparation of social welfare plans (savings fund, pensions) and confidentiality agreements.
10. Design of strategies related to transfer of employees in corporate mergers or spin-offs. Participation, as applicable, in liquidations or termination of employment agreements and their proper regulation. Homologation of fringe benefits, if any.
11. Participation in individual negotiations for voluntary termination of employment relationships and their proper regulation.

Contact US

José Juan Luis luis@portilla.com.mx