LABOR AFFAIRS
We support our clients with advice on the labor regulatory framework in individual and collective labor relations, employment contracts, collective agreements, occupational health and safety, social security, audits, labor costs, head count, lawsuits and employer liability.
CONSULTING/ ADVICE
We advise clients on everything related to the labor regulatory framework, both individual labor relations and collective relations (with unions, federations and confederations), on issues related to: employment contracts, occupational health and safety, parafiscal contributions, security social, labor costs, and other issues related to the labor area.
LABOR AUDIT
We carry out labor audits, through documentary and field verification of the audited company, which is of great importance and relevance for the client, as it allows a priori knowledge of the state of compliance of the company with the reference regulatory framework. which influences the preparation of processes, the discovery of opportunities for improvement, the control of possible contingencies, the adequacy of the cost of the audited area, and prevention as a fundamental premise of the organization, largely avoiding harmful future scenarios not provided for, and promoting the state of greater certainty through the objective verification of its legal compliance status, indicating in detail the result of the audit by area and sub-areas audited, and the percentage of compliance for each one, also proposing recommendations and plans. of improvement. We carry out labor audits, through documentary and field verification of the audited company, which is of great importance and relevance for the client, as it allows a priori knowledge of the state of compliance of the company with the regulatory framework. of reference, which influences the preparation of processes, the discovery of opportunities for improvement, the control of possible contingencies, the adequacy of the cost of the audited area, and prevention as a fundamental premise of the organization, largely avoiding harmful future scenarios. not provisioned, and promoting the state of greater certainty through the objective verification of its legal compliance status, indicating in detail the result of the audit by area and sub-areas audited, and the percentage of compliance for each one, also proposing recommendations and improvement plans.
LITIGATION
We represent our clients in lawsuits and labor procedures, both judicial and administrative, such as: representation in lawsuits for social benefits and other labor benefits, for illnesses, occupations or work accidents, lawsuits for inventions and/or improvements; contentious administrative appeals for annulment against administrative acts emanating from State bodies; constitutional protections both as plaintiffs and on behalf of the alleged aggressor; extra judicial ocular inspections; fault qualification procedures, defense against reinstatement procedures, individual and collective administrative claims, sanctioning procedures, inspections by administrative authorities, and all administrative and judicial procedures related to labor matters.
COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION
We advise and assist our clients in the negotiation of collective labor agreements, collective agreements and collective conflicts, through the support of our professionals, who, in addition to knowing the entire legal aspect of the negotiated area, have extensive training and experience in processes. of negotiation, which allows reaching satisfactory agreements for all people involved in the process, considering all aspects such as: financial, capital and human management, and legal.
LABOR COST SIMULATORS
At LANDÁEZ we carry out individualized studies for each client, which – through a methodology developed for years – allows us to build a friendly tool for managing the costs of the Collective Labor Agreements to be discussed, which we have called “cost simulator”. This tool has become an indispensable factor in the negotiations of collective agreements, allowing agreements to be reached with real control of all the financial aspects involved.
HEADCOUNT ADJUSTMENT STRATEGY
The current regulatory framework in Venezuela makes it difficult for organizations to make adjustments to the headcount, by imposing job security for workers, making lockouts illegal, and prohibiting mass layoffs, imposing strict and rigorous administrative procedures to be able to overcome the modification of working conditions. For this reason, LANDÁEZ accompanies its clients in difficult situations, in such a way as to be able to advise and assist them in designing the best strategies that allow clients, within the legal framework, to make adjustments to their work structures, to adapt them to more parameters. suitable in accordance with business objectives.
DRAFTING OF CONTRACTS AND EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTS
Our services include the drafting of employment contracts adapted to the characteristics of each client, and the specifications of each position to be hired, which are perfectly adjusted to the current legal system, and to the company's policies and the objectives that it sets for the hiring.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN WORK RELATIONSHIPS
In employment relationships, it is natural that inventions or improvements to products and processes are generated, as a result of an intellectual activity of the worker, either because they have been hired for it by the employer, or because they have been a casual manifestation of the benefit. of the service, but which brings numerous consequences such as the right to the economic benefits that the invention or improvement generates, the right to property over it, among other aspects.
