After the approval in second legislative debate of the law authorizing employers to suspend, from the first day of demonstration, the payment of wages to public servants who go on strike, the file will go to the President, Carlos Alvarado.
The Plenary Session of the Legislative Assembly approved, with 35 deputies in favor and 13 against, in its second and final debate, Bill 21,049, which will regulate strikes by establishing new rules so that workers can exercise this right, the Legislative Assembly reported.
The initiatives of Competition, Leasing and the reforms to the General Law of Telecoms are some of the projects that the new administration of Giammattei plans to present to the Congress of Guatemala.
During his inaugural speech, the new president of Guatemala gave the first guidelines in the economic field, highlighting which projects should be streamlined in the Legislative.
After listening to the observations made by Chamber IV, the deputies approved in first debate the law authorizing employers to suspend, from the first day of demonstration, the payment of wages to civil servants who go on strike.
In El Salvador, there is a demand that the updating of the Law on Public Administration Procurement and Contracting that the deputies seek to make be carried out without neglecting the principles of competition and transparency.
After the Executive submitted the amendments to the draft reform of the Public Administration Procurement and Contracting Law (LACAP) to the Legislative in 2019, a sub-committee of the Assembly is examining the proposals.
The Legislative Assembly approved the Law on Integral Waste Management and Promotion of Recycling, with the objective of achieving correct waste management in the country, through the separation of organic and inorganic waste.
From the statement of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador:
With the aim of reaching consensus with the business sector, local authorities began the process of consultations regarding the bill that seeks to eliminate the Panamanian Food Safety Authority.
The plans of the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) are to abolish the Panamanian Food Security Authority (Aupsa) and create the National Food Export and Import Procedures Service (SENTA), which will limit itself to executing the policies emanating from MIDA and MINSA.
Last December 2, the new Credit CardLaw proposal received a favorable opinion from the Economy Commission of the Guatemalan Congress, and now it should be discussed in the plenary session.
With the reform proposal to the Law of Free Zones presented to Congress, it is intended to reduce from 20 to 10 the requirements that must be met to approve a new free zone.
After several months of working on the proposal to make changes to the law, the file was submitted to the legislative chamber and prepared by the Honduran Maquiladora Association (AHM), the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Honduras and the Ministry of Economic Development (SDE).
The National Assembly of Panama approved in second debate the bill, by means of which it is intended to create the Superintendence of Non-Financial Subjects.
This legislative project, sent by the Executive Branch to be analyzed in extraordinary sessions, seeks to establish the exclusive competence to regulate and supervise in the administrative way the non-financial obligated subjects with the intention of preventing money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, informed the National Assembly.
In Honduras, Congress extended for two more years the validity of the Law to Support Micro and Small Enterprises, which grants benefits such as exemption from payment of income tax and other taxes.
To opt for the benefits granted by the law, interested parties must process their permits, national and municipal licenses for its operation, reports a statement issued by Congress.
The reform proposal to Nicaragua's Energy Stability Law contemplates the elimination of the tax on the purchase and sale of electricity for users who generate their own energy and decide to market their surpluses.
On November 21, the Ortega administration sent to the National Assembly the initiative, which seeks to exonerate from the marketing tax, generators who sell their surplus electricity to Disnorte-Dissur.
Because the legislation currently does not allow the collaborative hosting economy platform to operate in the country's capital, the company expressed an interest in working with the authorities to remove the ban.
For now, the platform only offers the public accommodation in the interior of the country, the most popular destinations being Bocas del Toro, Río Hato, Boquete, Chiriquí and Playa Gorgona.
In Guatemala, Congress is discussing a bill that seeks to increase the arrival of flights to the country through tax incentives for airlines, which would be coupled with the elimination of improper tax charges.
On August 14, 2019, the President of the Legislative Branch, Álvaro Arzú Escobar, presented to Congress initiative 5585, which has the support of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) and the Guatemalan Association of Air Lines (AGLA). See full bill.
After the Constitutional Court temporarily suspended the legal framework regulating part-time work in Guatemala, a new proposal advances in Congress.
This is bill 5477 has received a favorable opinion from the Labor Commission of the Congress of the Republic and is pending discussion in the plenary of deputies.
The Assembly of El Salvador approved the legal framework that provides legal security to commercial relations, for the conclusion of contracts, transactions of goods and services between suppliers and consumers by electronic means.
The authorities informed that the regulation will enter into force one year after it has been published.
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