As a result of this merger, a single entity called "Agency for Regulation and Control of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources" is created.

On July 30, 2019, the Ecuadorian State officially launched two new energy projects, with which, it seeks to encourage the production of renewable energy.

The Ministerial Agreement No. 398, issued on 13 July 2006 by the Secretary of Labor, expressly prohibited the "dismissal of employees based on their health, suffering from HIV-AIDS".

To avoid a penalty for a decision of employer liability of a work accident, the employer should do more than just notify the accident.

The scope of ineffective dismissal has increased through many channels, from laws and ministerial resolutions to high court judgments. Here is explained what we have up to now in terms of workers covered by the irremovability principle.

Employers and recruiters must assess the way in which the process to select personnel is handled, in order to avoid committing discrimination acts and being subject to suffer claims from rejected applicants, and ...

It has been one year since the Organic Law of Human Mobility came into force and effect in Ecuador, and it is important to understand and distinguish the changes that have been made in this compilation of all the different laws on this subject, ...

We believe that the Ecuadorian government should implement a new formula allowing for the determination of payments in advance based on income produced, and not according to assets held by taxpayers.

The obligation of the employers with more than fifty employees of having in their premises a daycare service, either individually or together with other companies, lacks real spirit of protection of minors and has become:

Ecuador is following the tendency set by several countries worldwide of providing a greater use of the Electronic Signature, which grants authenticity to documents transmitted or filed in digital formats.

In Ecuador, the public body of control and regulation of commercial corporations has the wrong idea that foreign corporations and their branch offices are different legal entities...

The success or failure of a sale, purchase, license or franchise of an intellectual property right relies in having an effective assessment of the intangible asset and follow the recommendations and assess the possible risks ...

El Estado ecuatoriano lanzó oficialmente el día 30 de julio de 2019, dos nuevos proyectos energéticos con los cuales busca incentivar la producción de energías renovables.

En Ecuador, desde 1971, es obligatorio para los hoteles, bares y restaurantes de primera y segunda categorías cobrar el 10% adicional al consumo, en concepto de propinas en beneficio de los trabajadores, ...

Esperamos que esta información, que es de carácter general, sea de su utilidad.

The CCE reiterated that such protection action cannot be applied in all cases nor constitutes an additional instance of the process.

El Corporate Compliance Program debe guardar estrecha relación con contenido del Reglamento Interno de Trabajo, pues ello garantiza la existencia de un sistema de reacción disciplinario idóneo para cumplir ...

Therefore, in the aforementioned case: Is the manager absolutely responsible for not submitting the financial information during the first trimester.

El empleador debe comunicar su intención por escrito al Inspector de Trabajo, solicitando la respectiva autorización.

El Acuerdo Ministerial No. 398, dictado el 13 de julio de 2006 por el Ministro del Trabajo, expresamente prohibió el "despido de trabajadores y trabajadoras por su estado de salud, que estén viviendo con VIH-SIDA"; ...