Jorge’s (George) practice includes representing employers in individual or collective litigation in addition to counseling clients on the best practices for staying in compliance with all legal requirements.
Jorge frequently negotiates with unions regarding interpretation or with collective bargaining agreements on annual conditions.
He advises and supports Human Resource clients on the prevention of labor disputes, identification of training needs, and performance and working environment assessment and analysis. Jorge also assists employers in the termination of employment relationships and prepares legal opinions and employment proceedings on restructuring, acquisitions, merging, bankruptcy proceedings, and liquidation of a company.
Some of Jorge’s representative matters include:
- Inspections and audits from the STPS (Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, for its Spanish acronym) and from the Directorates for Employment in the Mexican Republic states
- Administrative nullity lawsuit against penalties and sanctions imposed by the STPS (Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, for its Spanish acronym)
- Employment audits in compliance with the current Mexican legislation and the applicable Official Mexican Standards
- Establishment of subsidiaries, branches, related companies, co-investments, agents, or representatives in Mexico or abroad regarding employment matters.
- Drafting a constitution and supporting mixed commissions in companies according with the federal labor law
- Conflict management amid an administrative lawsuit with different authorities such as IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security, for its Spanish acronym), INFONAVIT (Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers, for its Spanish acronym), ISSSTE (Civil Service Social Security and Services Institute, for its Spanish acronym), FOVISSSTE (Housing Fund for the Civil Service Social Security and Services Institute, for its Spanish acronym), CONSAR (National Commission for the Retirement Savings System, for its Spanish acronym), among others
