There are no legal requirements for the wording of a job advertisement to contain particular details about the job. However, em...
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There are no specific legal restrictions on checks an employer may carry out on job applicants. However, employers must be careful not to discriminate against certain candidates. The employer has the right to check personal, educational and...
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Probationary periods are allowed only for permanent indefinite-term contracts and m...
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An employer must not use a probation period more than once with the same employee. The employer must also not fill the same position with a succession of employees on probation, as this is considered abusive. D...
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Job applicants may bring claims for unlawful discrimination against a prospective employer based on pre-contractual liability. If the prospect...
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Foreign nationals cannot travel to Argentina without a visa, and the Immigration Office has authorised the entry of foreign nationals only for working or professional reasons. To obtain such a visa, a local employer registered at the Immigr...
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The following documentation is required from employees: a copy of the employee’s passport; a copy of the Argentinean ID (’Documento Nacional de Identidad’) issued by the Interior Ministry in temporary and permanent residence visas; t...
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Yes, employers can keep records of candidates they...
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Employers must not ask for any personal or private information that is not relevant to t...
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Under Argentinean law, the circumstances of the employment relationship determine whether a person is an employee or a self-employed worker. The legal, technical and economic circumstances are key factors in determining the existence of an ...
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There are no legal distinctions between types of employees. However, economic dependence is a key factor used to determine employment status and it is t...
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Contract law governs directors. However, directors may opt out of the social security system. If directors have executive responsibilities, they must be considered as employees. Therefore, many dire...
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There is specific law in Argentina relating to part-time contracts. Employers must not treat part-time workers less favourably than full-time, indefinite-term employees. Part-time workers must not work more than two-thirds of the...
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Under labour law, the employment contract may be for a fixed term. Fixed-term contracts terminate on the expiry of the specific term for which they were agreed, but require between one and two months’ notice. The contract must be formalis...
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If the employer does not give notice or formalise the con...
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Local law does not prohibit the employment of temporary workers through an employment agency. However, if the employer cannot justify the arrangement or if the contract with the third party agency is illegal, temporary work...
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There are no specific legal restrictions on whether an employer may put its employees at the disposal of another...
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There are no formal requirements for indefinite-term contracts, therefore, is not necessary for these contracts to be in writing. However, employees must: be registered with the Social Security Administration; have a social security...
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It is not common practice in Argentina for the employer to issue an offer letter in addition to the contract, but it is...
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There are no legal restrictions about the language of the employment contract. However it would be appropriate for the contract to be drafted in the local language, so it can be used more effectively as evidence in the case of a dispute. If...
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For indefinite-term employment relationships, there is no obligation to execute an employment contract in writing. However, the employment contract must not revoke any other employee rights granted by law or collective bargaining agreements...
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It is possible to incorporate, at any time, terms from other agreements or documents, including a collective b...
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The employer is only permitted to unilaterally introduce changes to the employee’s terms and conditions if such changes are reasonable, only affect non-essential labour conditions and do not cause moral or financial harm to the employee. ...
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Employers usually provide employees with various policies and rules. These typically include: a code of conduct; a confidentiality policy; an IT policy; email and communications policies; a disciplinary policy; an harassment polic...
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The Committee for the Minimum Wage, composed of representatives from the government, employers and employees, sets national minimum wage rates. Starting from March 2021 full time employees must not earn less than ARS 21,600 per month.�...
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There is no requirement or system for wages to be adjusted for inflat...
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Tax Income tax and social security must be withheld by the employer from the employee’s salary, together with the employer’s contribution. Payments of the taxes and other contributions to the tax authorities are made by the employe...
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In Argentina, for an employee with an income of EUR 100,000, the rate of income tax is 31% of the employee’s total income. However, if the employee is married with two children, he or she may treat approximately EUR 2,731.87 as non-ta...
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Senior executives are usually rewarded with bonuses according to the organisation’s performance and the executives’ individual achievements. There are no rules restricting how much emplo...
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All employees have the right to a 13th month payment, which is paid in two instalments in June and December. During ...
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Under employment law, certain social benefits are made available to employees. These are social security services that the employer grants the worker directly or through third parties. These benefits are not considered as salary, not paid i...
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According to employment law, the working day must not exceed eight hours per day and the working week must not exceed 48 hours, except in the following cases: Directors and managers. Team work, provided that during a three-week period the ...
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The Ministry of Labour may provide for exceptions to the regulations and can authorise working time over the limits prescribed by law. The law establishes a ...
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Argentinean working time regulations are applicable to all employees except for directors and managers of...
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The employer must keep a record of overtime worked....
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Argentinean labour law does not prohibit agile working as long as the working time regulations are observed. There are no specific legal rules on agile working, though many companies include provisions regarding agile worki...
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The maximum number of overtime hours is restricted to 30 per month a...
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A worker must not be com...
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A worker paid on a monthly basis and performing duties during the week is not entitled to any additional payment if he or she does not exceed the maximum legal limit of 48 hours week or the ...
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An employee must not be made to work between 13:00 on Saturdays and midnight on Sundays except where authorised by the Labour Ministry or by any regulation, in which case the worker must be compensated with a rest period of equa...
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Infringements for exceeding daily or weekly limits on working hours or the rules on rest periods are governed by specific laws. Infringements could result in a fine to be paid by the employer. Control...
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The statutory minimum annual leave entitlement ranges from 14 days to 35 days. Note that this includes days falling on the weekend....
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During annual leave, each employee has the right to a ‘vacation bonus’. This is calculated by dividing the employee’s...
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Employees are not required to work on national holidays. Those who do work are entitled to a 100% increase on their normal rate of pay. There are normally fifteen public holidays each year in Argentina. They are: 1 January, New Year’s Da...
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Employees with less than five years’ seniority are entitled to up to three months’ paid leave per year in the case of illness. If the employee has more than five year...
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As well as the right to double the usual period of paid sick leave, employees who are parents receive a family allowance from the social security administration. The main rights to family-related leave and pay are summarised below. Maternit...
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The law establishes paid leave for: marriage: 10 days; death of spouse, child or parent: 3 days; death of brother or sister: 1 ...
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Employers are responsible for protecting employees and their possessions and for guaranteeing a safe and healthy workplace. This includes a safe workplace, safe equipment and work that is safe for physical and mental wellbeing. Therefore, a...
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Health and safety duties are regulated by extensive legislation. The Labour Ministry can take action to penalise any act or omission in breach of the formal requirements or the recording obligations set out in the health and safety at work ...
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If an employer breaches health and safety rules, inspectors from the Labour Ministry can issue an ‘improvement notice’ requiring the breach to be remedied, and the company may be penalised with a fine. The employer’s insurance premium...
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An employer can be liable for harm caused to employees or other visitors by unsafe premises, where t...
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The employer must notify the insurance company covering risks relating to work accidents, who has the legal obligati...
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Employment law prohibits discrimination based on any of the following grounds: sex; race; national origin; religion; political or union opinion or affiliation; and age. In addition, anti-discrimination law prohibi...
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It is possible to treat people differently without discriminating against them, depending on the circumstances of each case. The law prohibits arbitrary or unfair discriminatory treatment, but not all differences in treatment. Therefore, un...
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The legal system prohibits indirect discrimination. This kind of discrimination may be less easy to spot than direct discrimination, but it is unlawful nevertheless. Sometimes, a policy, r...
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Under Argentine labour law an employer must provide all reasonable adjustments to allow a disabled employee to perform his or her duties, but this does not include an obligation to create a special position for such a purpose. A...
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In the private sector there is no specific legislation against harassment. However, general rules against discrimination based on sex can be applied to protect employees against sexual harassment. In addition, ‘mobbing’ is considered fa...
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There are no specific provisions to protect people ag...
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The potential consequences of successful claims for the employer depend on the specific situation. If discrimination, harassment, victimisation or retaliation is deemed to amount to indirect dismissal, the employee is entitled to claim a se...
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According to case law, in discrimination claims the burden of the proof...
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Employers are liable for the acts of employees that occur in the course of perfo...
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There are no statutory obligations regarding gender pay gap reporting in Argentina. There is a consti...
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Argentinean law requires employers to take all necessary measures to ensure the mental and physical integrity of their employees, and they are responsible in the event of a breach of this duty. Along with the employer´s duty to guarantee t...
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Discrimination claims are very common in Argentina, especially cases of discrimination based on union activity, f...
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No statutory provisions exist regarding the amount of compensation for unlawful discrimination, and the amounts ...
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There are no rules that are specific to the protection of employee information, but general data protection law protects employees’ personal information. The law defines personal data as any information about a living individual or a lega...
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Under data protection law, if an employer fails to comply with the rules, the National Direction of Personal Data Protection, a statutory regulator, can apply sanctions and impose fines from ARS 1,000 to ARS...
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The employer must comply with labour, health and safety and social security laws. In order to do so, the following information must be collected at the beginning of any labour relationship: employee personal details; the employee’s famil...
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There are no significant restrictions on monitoring as long as the surveillance is not carried out in a discriminatory way, is reasonable and does not constitute an invasion of privacy. The local labour administration (‘Ministerio de Trab...
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The use of social media either at work or when off duty is not regulated by law. It is therefore advisable for employers to implement policies regarding the use of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo and other social media. The employer shou...
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There is no special protection for whistle-blowing in...
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Argentinian employment law establishes a general duty of fidelity in all contracts of employment. As a result, an employee must keep work-related information confidential. This duty of confidentiality exists in relation to the following typ...
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Under Argentinian law, the employee is bound by a duty of fidelity during the employment relationship and is expected to act in good faith during the relationship. The law states that the employee must observe all the duties of fidelity tha...
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After the employment contract has ended, employers can protect confidential information by including post-termination restrictions on an employee’s activities in the employment contract. These clauses are called ‘restrictive covenants�...
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Non-compete clauses are becoming common in Argentinian employment practice, especially for directors and senior employees. In order to be enforceable, these clauses must be reasonable and not excessive an...
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Trade unions represent most types of workers in Argentina, sometimes including executives and professionals. The right to represent workers is awarded by the Ministry of Labour by means of a resolution of recognition called a ‘Personeria ...
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According to the most recent studies, as of 2021 27% of the formal workforce is unionised. ...
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Only officially recognised trade unions can represent the collective interests of employees. As a...
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Employees who are represented by a trade union can elect representatives to further their interests. The number of representatives is determined as follows: If an organisation has between 10 and 50 employees, one representative may be elect...
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The right to strike is protected, but only recognised trade unions may call a strike. This legal principle was confirmed in June 2016 by the Supreme Court. Before deciding to go on strike or lockout, the parties must follow a certain proced...
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In Argentina, based on the Constitution, the employer may terminate an employment contract without cause but must pay mandatory severance pay. If the termination is discriminatory and therefore unlawful, the employee will be entitled to req...
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Employment is presumed to be for an indefinite term and can be terminated by the employer without penalty only for cause. Employees hired for an indefinite term who have mo...
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The employer may terminate an employment relationship with or without cause. If the employer is ending the relationship without cause, the law provides that the employer must give appropriate prior notice of termination. If the employer is ...
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Certain reasons for dismissal are automatically considered unfair. If one of these reasons applies, the legal rules about fair procedure are not relevant. There are particular rules prohibiting the termination of union representative ...
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There are different notice periods according to the employee’s length of service: one month for service of up to five years; and two months for service over five years. During the trial period for indefinite-term cont...
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Employers can make a payment instead of the required notice. Typically, employers do not provide prior notice and often make payments in lieu of notice. The payment is subject to inc...
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No. The resignation is regarded as a voluntary termination of the employment, ...
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It is possible to retire an employee compulsorily in the following circumstances: the employee has at least 30 years of pension contributions and is therefore entitled to receive retirement ben...
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The employer must pay one month’s remuneration for each year of service or any period longer than three months, based on the ‘highest normal, habitual salary’ accrued during the last year of service. For example, if the employee has w...
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An employer can settle purely contractual claims by agreement with the employee, but this can be challenged as invalid by the employee, unless it meets certain conditions. ‘Separation agreements’ by mutual consent must be made before a ...
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Employers can generally decide to close plants and terminate employees without consultation, provided they make full severance payments to the affected employees. If the employer can show that there is a downturn in work volumes or force m...
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When collective dismissals are expected, the employer should initiate a crisis prevention procedure by informing ...
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In a crisis prevention procedure, the employer must submit a plan to the Ministry of Labour. Within two days, the Ministry will invite the employer and the union to a hearing at the Ministry of Labour, and there will be a first attempt at...
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If the employer does not invoke the special ‘crisis prevention procedure’ that applies to mass redundancies for economic reasons or reasons of force majeure, it w...
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The employer must start with dismissals of employees with ...
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The severance payment for collective redundancy amounts to half of the severance payment ...
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By law, if a share takeover does not reduce the liability of the existing employer, there is no specific protection for employees. Employees only have a right to stop working and make a claim for constructive dismissal if a s...
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Sale of a business If a business is sold, the existing labour relationships will continue with the new employer on their existing contractual terms and conditions. The buyer company must take account of length of service with the old...
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Where a business is transferred, all the obligations arising from the employment contract between the transferor and employee at the time of the transfer pass to the transferee. The employment contract continues with the transferee and the ...
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Employees can challenge a transfer if their employment conditions change substantially. If that is the case, they may make a claim for constructive dismissal. If successful, they will be entitled to mandatory severance. An employee...
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Terms The terms of employment and all rights and obligations under it transfer to the transferee. A transfer does not constitute grounds to change the terms of employment contracts. Employment terms can only be changed in accordance wit...
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The transferor and transferee are jointly and severally liable for employment obligations existing at the time of the transfer. This applies whether the transfer is temporary or permanent, whether or not the trans...
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In both transfers of businesses and transfers of employment contracts, collective agreements remain in force and cannot be chan...
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In general terms, the employer has the power to introduce any changes it likes to the form and content of the employment contracts, provided they do not involve an unreasonable exercise of that power, alter the essential terms of the contr...
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There is no statutory term (apart from the notice period for dismissal) that employers need to observe before they can carry out redundancies. Thus, the transf...
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There is no legal requirement to consult with employees or their representatives before a business transfer takes place. However, employees are often given notice that their labour relationships will continue with the buyer from the ...
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The name of the new employer, the date on which the transfer will become effective and details of the employees’ ...
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There is no obligation to consult, but in practice it may be wise to do so if the business activities are going to change, people’s jobs will alter, or if the business is going to be reorganised in such a way that this increases the ris...
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In the case of a ‘transfer of establishment’, if an employer fails to inform employees about the transfer, the employee demand to be given information and/or consider that he or she has been dismissed. In the ca...
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Argentina labour law does not provide for work councils. Employee representatives will continue their position and duties with the new employer. ...
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In 2008, Argentina returned to using a pay-as-you-go system (‘PAYG’) for retirement, based on the ‘redistribution principle’. In general terms, the following conditions apply to mandatory retirement: workers must have made ...
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The only requirement for an employer, with regards to providing access to a pension scheme, is to pay the mandatory contributions to the Social Security Administration. When an employee has reached the retirement age of 70 ...
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An employer may not fund and operate its own pension scheme instead of the state pension scheme, as the state l...
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An employer has statutory duty to consult affected employees in connection with any change to a private pension scheme, except where ...
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In Argentina, pensions are given the same tax treatment as salary and so the income an individual earns from pens...
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An investigation must be conducted before any disciplinary action may be taken for a breach of the employment contract, a breach in the duties ...
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Yes, employees are obliged to report any suspected misconduct. It is best practice for employers to remind employees o...
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The law does not establish any specific deadline to start the investigation after the alleged misconduct. However, it requires that the disciplinary action must be ‘contemporary’ to the misconduct, so the sooner the ...
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Employees are not obliged to participate in an investigation conducted by an employer, but the employee must cooperate...
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Yes, but it does not happen frequently except in the most serious cases. ...
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Yes, in order to adequately support the eventual disciplinary action. ...
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There is no special protection for whistle-blowing in the law, and employers are not required to put systems in place to allow for anonymous reporting. ...
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The standards and procedures for low performance are a series of disciplinary actions that can take place gradually. The first step is a verbal warning, followed by a written warning, and then suspension without payment of salary....
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There are no statutory rules regarding employee grievances, but the employer can be bound by an internal policy for handling grievances. The employer can decide whether or not grievances are or can be anonymous, and can establi...
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There are no formal requirements in relation to the form or content of job advertisements in Australia. Nevertheless, it is important to ensure that advertisements and statements made in the course of pre-employment negotiations are not mi...
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In broad terms it is permissible for an employer to conduct reference and qualification checks in the context of a recruitment process. This can include seeking information about a job applicant’s previous work history and confirmation...
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In principle, it is permissible in Australia to make employment subject to a period of probation, and there are no formal rules as to the duration of any such period. At the end of the probationary period the employer may terminate t...
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See section 1.3 above. ...
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Anti-discrimination legislation in all Australian jurisdictions makes it unlawful to discriminate against potential employees, as well as against actual employees. For example, it is unlawful for an employer to take ‘adverse action’...
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Individuals who are not Australian citizens can work in Australia only when they possess a valid visa which enables them to undertake the work in question. It is important, therefore, for prospective employers to ensure that job applicant...
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Employers should keep records of any relevant information relating to the sponsorship of a foreign worker. This includes any correspondence with the Departme...
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Potential privacy law issues can arise in circumstances where an applicant provides personal information to a prospective employer and that applicant is not hired, and the business intends to store or otherwise use that information. As note...
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Employers cannot ask questions in job interviews which evince, or might be taken to evince, an intention unlawfully to discriminate against a prospective employee. This would, for example, preclude questions about an applicant’s trade uni...
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Characterising work relationships Australian courts have adopted a number of ‘tests’ in order to determine whether a particular work relationship is one of employer and employee or of principal and contractor. The traditional approach w...
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Almost all employees in Australia have their terms and conditions of employment regulated to a greater or lesser extent by federal or state industrial legislation. In particular, the great majority of employees fall within the scope of the ...
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It is common practice for a company director to be classified as either an executive director (who is also an employee of the company) or a non-executive director (who is not an employee of the company). Whether or not a director is also an...
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Part-time employment Under Australian law, employees who ordinarily work 38 hours or less per week are commonly described as ‘part-time’ employees, including in awards and agreements made under the Fair Work Act. Around 30% of all emplo...
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Fixed-term contracts Employers and employees are generally at liberty to enter into contracts that are expressed to remain in force until the occurrence of some pre-determined event such as a specified date or the completion of a specified ...
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Fixed-term employment may convert into open-ended employment in a range of circumstances. The most straightforward is where the employer and employee formally negotiate such a conversion. Conversion may also occur where an employee has been...
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The engagement of temporary workers through an employment agency or supplier is commonly referred to in Australia as ‘labour hire’. It typically involves the supplier providing a service to another organisation (‘host’) by supplying...
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Employers (‘first employer’) may also enter into arrangements whereby some of their employees are ‘loaned’ or ‘seconded’ to another employer (‘second employer’), such as a fellow member of a corporate group. Such arrangement...
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Employment contracts in Australia can be written, oral, or a combination of the two. They may also include terms implied by law and by conduct. It is not strictly necessary for employment contracts to be in writing. It is, howeve...
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It is common practice for an offer letter to set out core terms and conditions of employment and upon acceptance, to become the employment contract. Sometimes the offer letter is accompanied by a separate document which the employ...
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Employment contracts can be in any language. For obvious practical reasons, it is preferable that they be in English. Furthermore, Australian law requires employers to make and keep ‘employee records’ in relation to a rang...
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Contracts of employment in Australia may contain terms implied by law and terms implied by conduct. Both forms of implied terms will yield to express provisions to the contrary. They will also yield to any inconsistent provision of a statut...
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It is possible to incorporate terms from other agreements and documents, including industrial instruments, into a contract of employment. This is most effectively done by expressly referring to the relevant agreements and documents in the...
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Variation of an employment contract requires the agreement of both the employer and the employee. An employment contract cannot unilaterally be varied. Any attempt to do so is likely to constitute a breach that would enable the emplo...
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Employer policies and procedures are commonly made available to employees at the beginning of employment, and may be supplemented or varied during the currency of the employment relationship. Typically, employment contracts will...
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The great majority of Australian employees are covered by one of 122 ‘modern awards’. These awards set minimum terms and conditions of employment for the employees who fall within the coverage of the award in question. Failure to ...
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Minimum wages are not automatically adjusted in line with inflation. However, the Fair Work Commission must take inflation into account when setting minimum wage rates under the NMWO and through variations to modern award minim...
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Tax Under the Pay As You Go system, Australian employers are required to withhold tax at a specified rate from any payments made to an employee. The employer must remit this amount to the Australian Taxation Office (‘ATO’). T...
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Income tax deduction EUR 100,000 equates to approximately AUD 165,000. For an employee who is married with two children and earning this salary, and without accounting for any other factors affecting income tax thresholds and rates...
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Bonus entitlements (if any) will be regulated by any applicable awards, enterprise agreements or individual employment contracts, and/or by employer policies. These instruments and policies commonly (but not invariably) provide ...
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The National Employment Standards (‘NES’) set out in the Fair Work Act comprise minimum terms and conditions that apply to all employees. They include provision for annual leave, carer’s/personal leave, compassionate leave, par...
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Australian employees are commonly (but by no means invariably) provided with access to salary sacrifice arrangements (‘SSA’) whereby they contractually agree to give up part of their salary in exchange for a benefit of a similar value. ...
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There is no comprehensive legal limit on daily hours of work, although industrial instruments (modern awards and enterprise agreements) may impose restrictions on daily hours of work, and requiring employees to work excessive hours ma...
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It is not permissible for an industrial instrument to exclude any provision of the NES, and any contractual provision that purported to derogate from the NES would be unlawful. It follows that it would not be possible to exceed the wee...
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The minimum terms and conditions in relation to working time as set out in sections 5.1 and 5.2 above apply to all employees who fall within the Fair Work Act. This means that they apply to the overwhelming majority of employees...
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The Fair Work Act and the accompanying Regulations set out detailed requirements in relation to the keeping of employee records and the provision of pay slips to employees. The required records must include basic information...
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Self-management, open-plan offices and remote working Generally, the capacity of employers to provide open-plan offices or self-managing interdisciplinary teams is a matter of managerial discretion, providing that the arrangement is ot...
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As indicated in section 5.2 above, any request by an employer that an employee work additional hours must be ‘reasonable’ under the criteria set out in the law. The law does not, however, set a specific limit on the...
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The law does not contain any express requirement that the employer obtain consent from employees to work additional hours or overtime. However, as set out in section 5.2 above, an employee may refuse to work additional hours if they...
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There is no legislative provision which dictates how overtime is to be paid. Industrial instruments or employment contracts will typically set out the relevant rates of pay, including overtime rates. Such rates are generally cal...
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Labour legislation does not expressly provide a statutory entitlement to breaks or rest periods. Meal breaks are commonly dealt with in industrial instruments or contracts of employment, most often in terms to the effect that a...
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Working hours A contravention of the rules regarding working hours set out in the NES, a modern award or an enterprise agreement constitutes a contravention of a civil remedy provision of the Fair Work Act. An affected employee, th...
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Under Australian law all employees (except casual employees) are entitled to a minimum of four weeks of paid annual leave per year. Those who are characterised as ‘shiftworkers’ are entitled to an additional week of paid�...
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Payment in respect of statutory annual leave is calculated at the employee’s base rate of pay for their ordinary hours of work. It therefore does not include any overtime, penalty rates, or&nbs...
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Employees who would ordinarily work on a day that coincides with a public holiday are entitled to be absent from work and to receive payment at their base rate of pay for their ordinary hours of work on that day. Casual employees who are no...
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All employees (except casual employees) are entitled by law to ten days of paid personal/carer’s leave per year. Personal/carer’s leave can be taken: when the employee is unable to work due to personal illness or injury; or to pr...
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Unpaid parental leave The law provides for unpaid parental or adoption leave. Employees with at least 12 months of continuous service are entitled to up to 12 months’ unpaid leave relating to the birth or adoption of a child who is in t...
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Long service leave (‘LSL’) This is a distinctively Australian form of leave entitlement which was originally intended to provide colonial public servants with an opportunity to take an extended period of leave in the ‘home country...
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In Australia, there is no single work health and safety (‘WHS’) law that applies across the country. However, the WHS laws in each of Australia’s nine jurisdictions are very similar, and seven of them have enacted a model Work Health ...
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