\ Labor, Social Security & Industrial Safety Law
At Vouga Abogados we are proud of our Labor, Social Security and Industrial Security legal department. Our team of professionals is highly specialized, with a long tradition of offering the best service in labor matters to our clients in the most diverse, complex and sensitive cases in the market.
We advise our clients on a wide range of labor issues including, among others:
- Drafting of individual employment contracts.
- Management Contracts.
- Agreements for the rendering of services of a civil nature.
- Representation and advice in negotiations of collective and individual agreements.
- Development and implementation of compensation programs such as employee stock purchase plans, restricted (conditional) stock awards, pension plans, bonus policies, employee profit sharing plans.
- Confidentiality and non-competition agreements.
- Dismissal of employees and executives.
- Mass layoffs.
- Labor-related litigation.
- Labor issues in liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings.
- Advice on strikes.
- Occupational safety and health and safety issues.
- Expatriate and cross-border hiring, including temporary and permanent employment and residence.
- Labor matters related to maritime and port activities.
- Legal due diligence and audits to ensure compliance with labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
- Legal advice for Human Resources departments.
- Drafting and review of corporate employment policies and guidance on their implementation.
- Localization of international employment policies.
- Training for HR managers and in-house counsel on changes in labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
- Representation and procedures before different governmental agencies to obtain permits, authorizations and approvals.
\ Leaders
\ Team
\ Largest soft drinks bottler, in contract restructuring during Covid-19
Advised the sole distributor of one of the world´s largest soft drink companies on the re-negotiation of several contracts with clients, particularly with those clients most affected by the pandemic, such as restaurants and bars.
\ World leader in personal care products, in regulatory matters
Advised a leading global company in personal care products analyzing the implications and legality, as well as the follow-up of the parliamentary process, of three bills presented in Congress through which it was intended to control the prices of products considered essential during the pandemic.
\ Largest soft drink bottler, in adaptation of contracts to antitrust regulations
Assisted a major soft drinks company by analysing under competition law various clauses used in contracts with its clients, taking into account the soft drinks company´s high market share in Paraguay.
