Rodrigo Fernández, an associate of Vouga Abogados, participated as a speaker in a conference organized by the American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment Law in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May 5 to 9. The title of the panel was ”Critical Issues and Trends in Labor and Employment Law in Latin America“. The panelists provided an overview and perspectives on the critical issues and current trends in Latin American labor law, as well as their implications for both employers and employees.

In this regard, Rodrigo Fernández spoke about the current situation of Paraguayan labor law and the progress that has been made in recent years with respect to:

• New labor regulations.
• Outsourcing of services.
• Non-competition clauses for former employees.

The same panel also included professionals from other countries who presented the current situation in their respective jurisdictions. They were Álvaro Aguilar (of Aguilar Castillo Love, San José, Costa Rica), Carolina Camacho (of Posse Herrera & Ruiz, Bogotá, Colombia) and Juan Carlos Pró-Risquez (of Dentons, Caracas, Venezuela). The moderator, Oscar De la Vega (of De la Vega & Martínez Rojas, Mexico City, Mexico), also took the opportunity to make some brief comments on the current labor reform in Mexico.

This talk was given in the framework of the “International Labor and Employment Law Committee - Midyear Meeting”, which was attended by 130 participants from the most diverse jurisdictions.