Labor & Employment Attorneys in Doral, FL

Related to Honduran Employment Contracts or Governed by Honduran Legislation

At Ulloa Law, LLC, we can advise workers and companies related to Honduran employment contracts governed by Honduran law. With decades of legal experience through our parent company Ulloa y Asociados, our attorneys will work tirelessly to help and advise you.

Whether you are employed by a small business or a large corporation that includes Honduran employment contracts and is governed by Honduran law, we defend all types of legal action through employment legal advice.

Let our Doral labor and employment attorneys put our experience to work for you. Call (305) 783-3097 today!

What Does a Labor & Employment Lawyer Do?

Labor and Employment attorneys provide legal advice and representation to employers, employees, unions, and other organizations on a variety of matters related to Honduran employment contracts governed by Honduran legislation in the different administrative and judicial instances, guaranteeing its clients compliance with all applicable Honduran labor laws and regulations.

Labor and employment attorneys typically handle a wide range of cases including:

• Employee benefit plans
• Wrongful dismissal claims
• Permanent labor advice.
• Labor self-diagnosis (Internal audits).
• Advice on the design of internal regulations (implementation of policies, manuals and procedures).
• Design of compensation schemes.
• Design of confidentiality schemes and post-contractual non-competition.
• Advice for the elaboration of internal work regulations.
• Advice on issues of employment contracts and confidentiality agreements.
• Advice and accompaniment in disciplinary process.
• Advice on processes of reform and negotiation of collective agreements.
• Analysis of remuneration schemes.
• Negotiation of contracts and collective agreements
• Termination of individual work contracts
• Representation of the client before the administrative and judicial authorities.

Important Employment Laws

The State of Honduras administers and enforces more than 100 Laws that protect workers in both the public and private sectors from scenarios that diminish or distort the rights that the Constitution, laws and social security regulations grant them. These laws include:

• Constitution of the Republic, which is who determines the general rules that guarantee ideal or suitable working conditions.
• Labor Code, regulates relations between capital and labor, placing them on a basis of social justice.
• Internal Work Regulations of each company, a set of mandatory rules that determine the conditions to which employers and workers must abide in the provision of services.
• Minimum Wage Law, whose essential purpose is to determine the procedures for the application of the Minimum Wage and the Bodies in charge of its establishment, surveillance, control and compliance.
• Executive Agreement STSS-006-2019, which determines the minimum wage for the Free Trade Zones.
• Regulations for the payment of the Educational Bonus, a benefit granted to employees with minors in educational centers.
• Law of the Seventh Day and Fourteenth Month in concept of Christmas Bonus, determines the right of the employee to receive Christmas bonus for his work effort.
• Regulation of the Fourteenth month of salary as Social Compensation.
• Decree 178-2016: Labor Inspection Law, in case the employer or employee wanted to file an administrative claim for faults committed by the opposing party.
• Children’s Code, formulate policies and develop, promote and implement programs aimed at the gradual abolition of child labor.
• Decree 080-2001: Law of the Honduran Social Security Institute, an instrument of the State at the service of Social Justice, whose purpose is to guarantee the human right to health, medical assistance, protection of livelihoods and social services necessary for the achievement of individual and collective well-being.
• General Regulation of the Honduran Institute of Social Security, regulates the application of Social Security regarding illnesses, common accidents, maternity, professional accident, disability, old age and death.
• Temporary Disability Regulations of the Honduran Social Security Institute, follow-up from temporary disabilities issued by the IHSS.
• Law of the Private Contributions Regime, aimed at strict compliance with adequate financial parameters and good corporate governance, in an effort to guarantee its institutional solvency and the adequate structure of benefits and financial services for its affiliates.

It is important for employers to be aware of employment laws so that they can ensure compliance with all applicable regulations. Failure to comply with these laws can result in serious sanctions such as financial fines up to the closure of the company.