In this scenario of economic crisis, the Ministry of Labor has extended for the fourth time and for 30 more days, the provision that allows companies in the country to suspend the contracts of their employees.
Executive Decree No. 100 of July 1, 2020 authorized a further extension of the temporary suspension of the effects of employmentcontracts, which will apply automatically for a period of 30 calendar days in companies whose operations have not been reactivated according to the plans for a gradual return to economic activity, reported the Labor Ministry.
From January to August of this year, 267,235 employment contracts were registered nationwide, 9% less than the figure reported in the same period of 2018.
The reports of the General Comptroller of the Republic detail that between the first eight months of 2018 and the same period of 2019, the types of contracts defined registered a decrease, falling from 128 thousand to 124 thousand.
The government of Costa Rica signed a decree so that the agricultural sector can formally hire migrants who are in the country.
The decree provides legal certainty to agricultural companies, because they will be able to hire regularized labor for agricultural activities, within the framework of social guarantees, explained the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG).
In the first eight months of the year, the authorities registered 179,000 work contracts, 4% less than the 186,000 contracts reported in the same period in 2017.
According to figures from the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development between the first eight months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, the types of permanent contracts registered an increase, rising from 49,849 to 51,598.
In 2017, 437 environmental impact studies were presented in countries in the region in order to develop vertical and horizontal housing projects.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions in each country.
A new edict orders procedures which are very similar to the "melting pot" held under previous administrations, in order to regularize the status of undocumented immigrants.
An article on Prensa.com reports that "...Decrees 167 and 168 issued on June 3, 2016 by the Executive for general regularization and also for migrants from China, respectively, have generated a debate about its resemblance to Decree 547 of July 22, 2012, whereby migratory regularization fairs known as the Melting Pot were created during the administration of Ricardo Martinelli."
A call has been made for the labor migration legislation commission to review and assess extending the rules for work permits.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development in Panama:
Labour Minister, Luis Ernesto Carles, announced that on April 6 the Commission on Labor Migration will be convened, to deal with the revision of the current rules and make any changes regarding the extention of work permits.
It has been announced that there will be an end to liberality in granting residence permits in the so-called melting pot, and the revision of the immigration status of resident foreigners whose papers have expired.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
"... Some of the professions reserved for national citizens are chemical engineering and petrochemicals, careers which are not offered by any university in Panama. "
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An announcement has been made that the next round of issuance of residence permits to foreigners will be the last, in a change to the policy "aimed at strengthening borders to preventing the influx of illegal immigrants."
Panamaamerica.com reports that "On 12 October, on the same day as 'Día de la Hispanidad' Panama will hold for the last time the fair for mass regularization of foreigners, known as the 'Melting Pot'."
Businessmen are demanding that costs be reduced and the procedures required for immigrants to obtain temporary work permits be simplified.
The Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (Cadexco) has asked the General Department of Immigration and Foreign Services for migration processes to be improved and for a reduction in the cost of issuing permits, which currently "... has a cost of $98 for issuing a document which only lasts one year, so if you want to come in the next harvest you will have to pay again, which affects not only the employee but also the employer."
The agreement between the governments of Guatemala and Mexico establishes the granting of temporary work permits for Guatemalans in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
From a statement issued by the Government of Guatemala:
Another 11,000 foreigners from 44 different countries have regularized their immigration status and obtained work and residency permits.
" ... Some 54 foreign nationalities have regularized their status, in the seventeen days that the process takes, without any hitches, although the number of regularized people has increased compared to the previous processes," said Javier Carrillo , director general of the National Immigration Service (SNM by its initials in Spanish) .
In 2012, 648 new residency permits were granted to Spanish citizens, approximately double that of 2007, when the number was 350.
Driven by the growing economic crisis in the Iberian Peninsula, more and more Spanish people are coming to try their luck in Panama, attracted by the opportunities offered by the economic growth the country is experiencing.
The number of employment contracts recorded during the first quarter of 2013 increased by 20% compared to the same period in 2012.
The demand for staff has intensified due to economic growth, rising domestic demand and the expansion of national and multinational companies in the country.
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