At Vouga Abogados we are proud of our Labor, Social Security and Industrial Security legal department. Our team of professionals is highly specialized, with a long tradition of offering the best service in labor matters to our clients in the most diverse, complex and sensitive cases in the market.
We advise our clients on a wide range of labor issues including, among others:

• Drafting of individual employment contracts.
• Management Contracts.
• Agreements for the rendering of services of a civil nature.
• Representation and advice in negotiations of collective and individual agreements.
• Development and implementation of compensation programs such as employee stock purchase plans, restricted (conditional) stock awards, pension plans, bonus policies, employee profit sharing plans.
• Confidentiality and non-competition agreements.
• Dismissal of employees and executives.
• Mass layoffs.
• Labor-related litigation.
• Labor issues in liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings.
• Advice on strikes.
• Occupational safety and health and safety issues.
• Expatriate and cross-border hiring, including temporary and permanent employment and residence.
• Labor matters related to maritime and port activities.
• Legal due diligence and audits to ensure compliance with labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
• Legal advice for Human Resources departments.
• Drafting and review of corporate employment policies and guidance on their implementation.
• Localization of international employment policies.
• Training for HR managers and in-house counsel on changes in labor, social security, and accident prevention regulations.
• Representation and procedures before different governmental agencies to obtain permits, authorizations and approvals.