{"id":1849,"date":"2016-04-08T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:52:04","slug":"employment-contract-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/employment-contract-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment contract in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As to the employment contract in Argentina, labor rights in Argentina have constitutional basis and the National Constitution acknowledges the employee\u00b4s right to dignified and fair labor conditions, limited working hours, paid rest and vacations, fair compensation, minimum and adjustable salary, equal pay for equal work, participation in the companies\u2019 profits with production control and collaboration in the management, protection against arbitrary dismissal, stability of public servants, free and democratic union organization \u2013 recognized by the mere registration in a special record -, collective bargaining negotiations, strike actions and stability of the union\u00b4s representatives (Article 14\u00a0<em>bis<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The employment contract in Argentina is mainly governed by the Contract of Employment Law Number 20,744 (<em>Ley de Contrato de Trabajo<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 LCT), specific legal regimes applying to certain category of workers (e.g. farm workers, government employees, household staff, travelling salesmen, journalists), collective bargaining agreements (<em>Convenciones Colectivas de Trabajo<\/em>) entered into and covering different labor fields and the conditions of the individual labor agreements entered into by and between the employer and the employee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Labor laws set forth a so-called labor public order: a number of minimum and basic labor provisions that may be only modified \u2013 either by individual agreements or collective bargaining negotiation \u2013 in favor of the employee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LCT is an extensive piece of legislation covering \u2013 among others \u2013 the following subjects: the contract of employment and the rights and obligations of employers and employees arising thereof, proof period, certain modalities of the employment contract (such as part-time, fixed-term contracts, seasonal employment, casual work), remuneration and protection of wages, hours of work, public holidays and paid leaves, maternity protection, minimum age and protection of young workers and the suspension and termination of the contract of employment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario E. Castro Sammartino<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our publications exclusively express the\u00a0author\u00b4s opinion and do not purport to be legal counsel on any case. Should\u00a0you need it, you must consult with your trusted lawyer.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1274,1183],"tags":[42,45],"csp_materia":[],"csp_coleccion":[],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companies","category-doing-business","category-labor-and-social-security","tag-doing-business-in-argentina","tag-labor-and-social-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225553,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/225553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"csp_materia","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/csp_materia?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"csp_coleccion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/csp_coleccion?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}