Labor & Employment

Arthur & Castillo assists with employer rights and obligations and ensuring employer compliance with Dominican labor laws and regulations and preparing employer handbooks and legal guidelines.

We advise on labor contracts, employee compensation and benefits, employee and independent contractor agreements, confidentiality, non compete and non solicitation agreements, remote work contracts, data privacy, social security laws and health and safety regulations. We also help you manage employee termination, mediation, labor and employment disputes and attending conciliation and litigation hearings.

Our immigration advisors assist with business immigration, immigration and naturalization law, as well as procuring foreign worker visa petitions and applications.

We work with you to recommend the type of visa and ensure that each step of the  immigration process for lawful temporary & permanent residence for trainees and intra-company transferees is followed while representing you before Immigration, Labor and National Security Offices.

Employee Compensation

Arthur & Castillo provides advisory and planning on employee’s compensation, pension and benefit plans, and advises in occupational health and safety rights and obligations, general risk management and regulatory compliance for ensuring employer compliance with Dominican labor laws and regulations.

We know how pensions and benefits elements work together in Dominican Republic and have extensive knowledge of employee occupational health and safety, preventing work accidents or occupational illnesses and ensuring safe workplaces, managing employee’s compensation files, litigating compensation claims and responding to complaints for successful results.

Our advisors participate in trade organizations, industry groups and advocate on law reform in pension and benefits and special labor regimes favoring foreign investments in the Dominican Republic.

Employment Termination

Arthur & Castillo assists with employment termination, labor disputes and their resolution.

We provide pre litigation advisory on Dominican employment termination and labor laws and regulations as a way to prevent labor disputes by managing legal, contractual, compliance and policy considerations.

Our advisors help you manage employee termination disputes, litigation, mediation, and attending conciliation and litigation hearings. Our litigators have successfully litigated and mediated employee disputes in all levels of Dominican Courts.

Independent Contractors

Arthur & Castillo assists employers in their relationships with employees and with independent contractors.

Distinguishing between an employee and an independent contractor has important legal implications in the Dominican Republic, as Dominican labor laws and regulations apply to employees, but not independent contractors and a misclassification might result in the violation of labor laws and social security laws.

We evaluate and advise on independent contractor contracts and how they are executed in practice to mitigate the risks of potential application of Dominican labor laws, regulations and court precedents that may consider the existence of a labor relationship resulting from certain contractual provisions and practices.

Labor Immigration

Arthur & Castillo serves international companies of all sizes with hiring foreign employees. With increasing regulation, businesses need legal experts with a deep understanding of local immigration requirements and the ability to support you on an international level.

We understand Dominican immigration Laws and the challenges involving labor laws and immigration programs and can help you get work authorizations in Dominican Republic for your employees.

We assist in immigration and naturalization law, as well as procuring foreign worker and executive, retirement and investor visas.

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