New arrivals – August 23, 2019

On August 13, 2019 it was published in the Central American newspaper the Ministerial Agreement Number 324-2019 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare: Instructions for the Presentation and in electronic Form of the Individual Work Contracts which will enter into force as of September 9 of this year.

Said Ministerial Agreement establishes the implementation of an automated system for the presentation and registration of Individual Work Contracts before the General Directorate of Labor through the Labor Registry Department (DGT) which will have registration powers and will ensure that said Contracts meet the requirements essential legal requirements and that comply with the Labor and Social Welfare laws.

The Department of Labor Registration will not have sanctioning powers, however, in the event that an Individual Employment Contract violates labor laws, it will notify the General Labor Inspectorate to initiate the respective procedure.

At the time this agreement enters into force, the Labor Registry Department (DGT) will not receive any Individual Work Contract in physical form either at its central offices or branches. Any employer who wishes to register an individual employment contract must do so through the Web Portal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, registering, consigning the data and attaching the requested documents, being able to choose the following modalities:

  1. Individual Work Contract Signed by the Parties in physical form, and entered into the system through the PDF format.
  2. Individual Work Contract Signed by the parties in Digital Form, through an access token to the electronic system, for this the employers must have the corresponding advanced electronic signature and comply with the provisions of the Law for the Recognition of Communications and Electronic Signatures, Decree number 47-2008 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala.

If any query arises or you want the information to be expanded, we remain at your service by email rolivares@latinalliance.co.