The Social Security Department in Panama is deferring for four months payments of the employer quotas.
According to Roberto Troncoso, president of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives, the "moratorium by the Social Security Department (CSS by its initials in Spanish) creates a bad habit" among irresponsible employers.
In the view of Rafael Chavarria, director of the National Council of Organized Workers with such decisions employees lose their rights as the social insurance tokens only last for three months.