Labor
We provide advice on all aspects of labor and social security matters, combining traditional labor law with consulting and strategic litigation. We collaborate with other areas of the Firm to offer comprehensive solutions in corporate transactions, legal audits, and regulatory compliance.
We assist with the documentation of employment relationships, hiring and termination strategies, compensation plans, and risk mitigation. We verify compliance with regulations before authorities and other organizations regarding labor aspects through inspections and audit procedures. These services include advising on the drafting, negotiation, and execution of collective bargaining agreements with labor unions, as well as providing legal opinions on labor matters.
Our experience includes:
- General labor consulting.
- Design and implementation of labor structures for affiliated companies.
- Business changes and restructurings.
- Labor compliance.
- Employee benefits and compensation.
- Employer substitution and employee transfers.
- Consulting on individual and collective labor matters.
- Employee stock purchase and pension plans (design and implementation of executive compensation plans).
- Termination of employment relationships.
- Training for human resources and legal departments.
- Development of protocols to prevent discrimination.
- Design and implementation of risk mitigation and litigation strategies.
- Labor litigation (individual and collective).
- Nationwide litigation coordination.
- International labor law and human rights.
- Immigration and global mobility (strategies for expatriate hiring).
Labor Compliance
The Labor Law practice offers unique expertise in Compliance, taking a proactive approach to ensure regulatory compliance across various industries. We advise on the implementation of internal policies and protocols to prevent legal and reputational risks, including labor relations management and the prevention of discrimination and harassment.
We design compliance programs covering everything from employment contracts to risk management in hiring, termination, and compensation. We also provide training for human resources and legal departments on social security regulations, data privacy, and global mobility. Our experience ranges from initial analysis and preventive strategies to investigations and litigation. We draft and implement ethics policies, whistleblowing mechanisms, and best practices. This approach allows us to act preventively, adapting compliance programs and risk assessments to mitigate liabilities.
Social Security
Pérez-Llorca’s Social Security practice specializes in providing comprehensive advice and legal defense on all aspects related to the Mexican social security system. The expertise of our team has been crucial in landmark litigation, contributing to relevant legal precedents, including the first ruling recognizing social security rights for transgender workers and the first decision on gender equality in widower’s pensions, among others.
Our experience includes:
- Integration of the base salary for social security contributions.
- Disabilities due to work-related accidents and illnesses.
- Determination of the Work Risk Insurance premium.
- Advisory on pensions and withdrawal of funds from AFORES.
- Registration, classification, and cancellation of employer records, as well as reclassification of business activities.
- Compliance with the Social Security Law and INFONAVIT in specialized service contracts.
- Compliance with employer obligations in the construction sector (SIROC).
- Updating employer identification cards and digital certificates.
- Recovery of overpaid contributions before IMSS and INFONAVIT.
- Social security compliance.
Administrative Procedures
- Seizure procedures and improper collection claims before IMSS and INFONAVIT.
- Clarification and cancellation of tax credits related to IMSS and INFONAVIT.
- Reactivation of canceled employer registrations.
- Audits and oversight procedures (review of reports, self-correction, and payment regularization requests).
- Audits based on employee complaints and analysis of employer obligation corrections.
- Confirmation of work risk cases for the Annual Work Accident Report.
- Employer substitution procedures.
Strategic Litigation
- Challenging administrative actions by IMSS/INFONAVIT (Administrative Appeals and Nullity Trials).
- Constitutional (Amparo) lawsuits to protect human rights against actions by IMSS or INFONAVIT.
