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The firm's expertise and practice areas extend to all labour and social security law, employment and employee benefits related matters:

Labour and Social Security legislation.

Contracts of employment and termination agreements. Non competition agreements and nondisclosure agreements. Temporary employees and secondments. Written legal opinions on employment and social security issues, regarding i.e. working hours and salaries, substantial modification of working conditions, collective disputes, and introduction of rotating and fixed shift systems.

Labour relations and trade unions. Labour crisis prevention procedure. Collective disputes, strikes and lockouts. Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements. Interpretation of work rules. Advising employers and employer associations in industrial disputes.

Human capital issues regarding M&A, restructuring of enterprises, change of corporate forms and post-merger integration.

Employee benefits and compensation. Designing of remuneration systems, employee incentive schemes, stock option plans and other executive compensation programs. Career development programs. Performance review procedures.

Employment-related litigation and representation before the Uruguayan Courts and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Assistance and sponsoring in cases of Dismissal, Indirect Dismissal or Resignation, Indemnifications and Salary Differences.

Monitoring of working, health and safety conditions.

Due diligence and audit in employment and social security law. Judicial audits.

Pension law.

Human resources management, salary payments, personnel selection, education, professional training and outsourcing through TASK.