Collective bargaining and company agreements

The ultimate objective of a collective negotiation process is to enable employers and employees to define the rules that are to govern their mutual relations in the form of an agreement.

Collective negotiations are advantageous to employees as well as employers.  For the former, collective negotiations ensure appropriate wages and working conditions since they provide the “collection” of employees with “one sole voice”.  In the case of employers, and as an element that contributes toward maintaining corporate peace, it favors the stability of labor relations and defines a framework in which to address the adjustments demanded by modernization and restructuring.

The professionals in the Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira Labor division have an in-depth knowledge of negotiation strategies, in addition to extensive experience in design and on-going counseling to all types of companies.

Our team offers strategic assistance in collective negotiations to each one of our clients in an endeavor to attain a satisfactory agreement or the corresponding administrative authorization.