Oscar De la Vega Gómez
Founding Partner
Oscar De la Vega Gómez
Founding Partner
Attorney in Labor Law with over 30 years’ experience and leadership in this sector.
Professional Experience
Attorney in Labor Law with over 30 years’ experience and leadership in this sector. He has focused his practice on litigation and consultancy in labor matters, providing legal services to important multinational companies. Additionally, he has developed and implemented successful strategies in collective matters.
Training and Studies
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana
- Labor Law at the Universidad Panamericana L.L.M.
- Specialization studies in labor, amparo proceedings and Economic and Corporate Law matters from the Universidad Panamericana.
Professional Memberships
- Active member of the Human Capital Committee of the Mexican Institute of Financial Executives (IMEF).
- He is currently co-president of the link with multinational companies of the Global Employment Institute of the International Bar Association (IBA).
- Member of the COPARMEX [Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic] labor commission.
- Member of the board of L&E Global.
- Professor of Labor Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Publications
He has written several articles published in international magazines, such as Who’s Who Legal, Practical Law Company (PLC) and Getting the Deal Through; these publications have earned him a wide recognition. Chambers & Partners Latin America, 2012, has highly recommended him as one of the leading lawyers in Labor Law in Mexico.
Recognitions
- In 2012, Who’s Who Legal granted him recognition as one of the ten lawyers with the most ample experience and recognition in Labor Law matters in the world, being the only Mexican lawyer on this list.
- He was included in the lists of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association as a recommended lawyer in 2015.
- He was recognized by Best Lawyers in Mexico, 2014-2015
- Recognition as the best labor lawyer of the year in 2016 by Who’s Who Legal.
Areas of Practice
Directing Partner at De La Vega & Martinez Rojas, S.C., a leading Law Firm specializing in labor matters and the only representative in Mexico of the international alliance L&E Global.
Relevant Notes
- The STPS enlists more inspectors for the legitimation of agreements
June 22, 2022 - Miners go on strike at the Arcelor Mittal company; it is inadmissible, experts say
June 15, 2022 - More than half a million workers have joined a union
May 31, 2022 - Labour & Employment 2022 – Legal Marketplace Analysis
May 26, 2022 - Pensions & Benefits 2022 – Legal Marketplace Analysis
May 25, 2022 - The complicated situation of the Housing sector
May 16, 2022 - Real life cases: 5 practical scenarios on employee profit sharing, 2022
May 4, 2022 - The disappearance of outsourcing: Pros and Cons for workers
April 4, 2022 - Everything you need to know about the 2022 PTU and the scenarios for the outsourcing reform
March 23, 2022 - Offices in Mexico City can work with all of their collaborators
March 15, 2022 - In Mexico, 490,000 collective labor contracts will be canceled for not complying with the legitimation process: specialists
March 13, 2022 - Calls to strike seeking the signature of a collective bargaining agreement fall almost 90%
March 10, 2022 - Labor dynamism forces companies to establish a crisis plan: experts
February 22, 2022 - Freedom of Union Association and labor negotiation in the voice of an expert
February 18, 2022 - Labor outlook for 2022, the new adjustments and inflation
February 16, 2022 - The labor scenario in 2020 is a powder keg due to salary increases of 9%, strikes and inflation
December 13, 2021 - Contractual negotiations in 2022 will be complicated: specialists
December 5, 2021 - Voluntary verification seeks to avoid labor inspections
November 1, 2021 - The 3 fundamental reasons for the labor disputes at the Dos Bocas refinery
October 15, 2021 - Grupo Carso call center workers decide to go on strike due to failure to reach an agreement on salary increase
September 28, 2021 - The law on outsourcing will benefit workers in the acquisition of a home
September 13, 2021 - This is how the benefits of the law on outsourcing are looking like for workers
September 13, 2021 - Ready for the reform on outsourcing? Extensions are over
September 1, 2021 - The new rules on outsourcing enter into force: simulation will be punishable with jail
September 1, 2021 - Cultural change in companies will be crucial for the reform on outsourcing: executives
August 30, 2021 - Faced with the end of the extension, amparo proceedings against the Registry of Specialized Companies are foreseen
August 29, 2021 - The USMCA manages to awaken unionism in Mexico
August 27, 2021 - 17% of subcontractors lose their jobs
August 27, 2021 - The end of “charro” unionism
August 26, 2021 - The imposition of the workplace vaccine is refuted in Mexico
August 25, 2021 - Inflation puts pressure on salary reviews and collective bargaining agreements
August 25, 2021 - Experts fear the labor crisis in Mexico due to pressure on the T-MEC
August 23, 2021 - Important changes in union structure
August 22, 2021 - The cancellation of the GM agreement could also lead to non-unionism: experts
August 20, 2021 - Workers open the door to a new General Motors union in Silao
August 20, 2021 - GM Silao may form another union
August 20, 2021 - Bye bye CTM? A legal battle starts for the new collective bargaining agreement in GM
August 20, 2021 - Armed with the USMCA, they overthrow the CTM
August 20, 2021 - The future of the USMCA is in Silao; and there has already been a ‘clash’ in the union voting process
August 16, 2021 - Risk of sanctions to GM, Silao, if the process is not satisfactory to the US
August 17, 2021 - Union leadership in the Silao GM plant
August 16, 0201 - Labor Engineering: Oscar de la Vega (Founding Partner of De La Vega & Martinez Rojas) & Blanya Correal
August 11, 2021 - The list of the obstacles that companies see in the implementation of the reform on outsourcing
July 28, 2021 - Delays and extensions in the reform to outsourcing: Will a month be enough?
July 24, 2021 - The metamorphosis in tourism, the blow to business travel and Mexico until 2024
July 26, 2021 - Specialist urges extension for the law on outsourcing in Mexico
July 23, 2021 - The debate on the reform on outsourcing is reopened; companies will have a temporary respite
July 22, 2021 - Companies could continue to make deductions for outsourcing
July 22, 2021 - Delivery persons are living under disadvantage in the labor area
July 18, 2021 - The reform on outsourcing, more of a tax nature than of a labor nature
July 10, 2021 - The Reform on Outsourcing is positive because tax evasion will decrease
July 9, 2021 - “Territoriality” another challenge in outsourcing, a surveillance focus and more amparo suits
July 1, 2021 - D&M Abogados – Global Opinion Leaders in Labor Law and Immigration by WWL 2021
July 1, 2021 - Adecco requests an extension for the registration of companies specialized in outsourcing
June 28, 2021 - What is the Public Registry of Contractors of Specialized Services or Works?
june 21, 2021 - Experts say that the reform to outsourcing is discriminatory
june 18, 2021 - Faced with inequality, companies opt for filing amparo suits against the reform to outsourcing
June 17, 2021 - Discrimination, cause of writs of amparo against the reform on outsourcing
June 17, 2021 - It is raining amparo suits against outsourcing
June 15, 2021 - 135 companies have filed amparo suits against the reform to outsourcing
June 15, 2021 - Experts note a discriminatory treatment and lack of clarity in the timing for the application of the reform on outsourcing
June 14, 2021 - Legal Consultancy Office: What can and cannot be used in subcontracting?
June 7, 2021 - The pandemic shapes the home office model in Mexico
May 23, 2021 - Mercantile and commercial services are exempt from the outsourcing registry: STPS
44337 - A greater clarity on the criteria for new subcontracting is requested
May 17, 2021 - Everything you need to know about profit sharing, 2021
May 16, 2021 - Traditional unions are shaken by foreign trade
May 16, 2021 - The US places Mexico under the magnifying glass
May 12, 2021 - Mexico will have its first “acid test” in labor matters within the USMCA
May 12, 2021 - Mexico will face a labor complaint under the USMCA
May 11, 2021 - Outsourcing companies will submit quarterly reports to the IMSS and the Infonavit
May 4, 2021 - The oversight committee warns that Mexico must send clear messages on labor issues
April 28, 2021 - With the prohibition of subcontracting, there will be no companies without employees
April 20, 2021 - The changes that companies will have to make due to the limitation of outsourcing
April 14, 2021 - The key to the success of the reform on outsourcing will lie in the STPS regulations: experts
April 14, 2021 - Tax and legal changes are foreseen without outsourcing
April 14, 2021 - Lawyers ask companies to take the prohibition of labor subcontracting seriously
April 13, 2021 - It is requested that specialized services that can be subcontracted be defined
April 12, 2021 - It is urgent to define which services will be outsourcing
April 12, 2021 - Outsourcing reports will have to be submitted
April 9, 2021 - Outsourcing companies must move to a new model
April 7, 2021 - Three measures that companies should start taking before the reform to outsourcing
April 7, 2021 - Side b of the reform to outsourcing: it opens the door to informality
April 7, 2021 - A cap on the payment of profits is agreed upon and the reform on outsourcing is unjammed
March 22, 2021 - Only 38.7% of workers in Mexico receive the payment of profit sharing
March 22, 2021 - American Unions will have a greater support to supervise compliance with Mexican labor laws
March 16, 2021 - Companies have the obligation to develop strategic plans on labor matters
March 15, 2021 - The Reform on subcontracting will be discussed in two weeks
March 12, 2021 - Mexico is in limbo in outsourcing matters, specialists warn
February 12, 2021 - Workers will be able to denounce anomalies in the legitimation of collective bargaining agreements
February 4, 2021 - They alert about saturation of Conciliation Centers
February 4, 2021 - They reactivate discussion about the amount of profit sharing, how much is fair?
January 19, 2021 - The keys to being a company where everyone wants to work even from home
January 18, 2021 - Firms, without a guiding compass in face of the new labor regulations: experts
January 15, 2021 - Collective bargaining agreements could be revised down; in 2021, they will be under examination
January 6, 2021 - Profit sharing, the labor discussion for 2021
December 30, 2020 - Mexico: Implications of the declaration of red traffic light status for Mexico City and The State of Mexico
December 22, 2020 - Mexico: Minimum Wage Increase for 2021
December 19, 2020 - US report, a labor alert for Mexico
December 17, 2020 - Mexico: Senate approves Reforms on Teleworking Matters
December 16, 2020 - The US and Mexico have 14 potential labor lawsuits in the USMCA
December 15, 2020 - The pandemic shapes the home office model in Mexico
December 14, 2020 - Mexican home office, labor regulation legacy that will be left by covid-19
December 13, 2020 - The Department of labor will adjust rules for the legitimization of collective bargaining agreements
December 10, 2020 - Reform to outsourcing, in suspense in Congress now until 2021
December 8, 2020 - Better without unions?
December 2, 2020 - Revise profit sharing, specialists suggest
November 30, 2020 - Mexico: Outsourcing
November 27, 2020 - The end of outsourcing poses the question of the end of Community Culture
November 23, 2020 - Companies evaluate how to face the end of outsourcing, and it is impossible for January
November 23, 2020 - Conciliation centers start operations; goodbye to the boards in 8 states
November 18, 2020 - 50% of Mexico’s manufacturing industry operates with outsourcing
Novermer 17, 2020 - Industry operates with outsourcing
November 16, 2020 - With Biden, greater pressure and surveillance on the Mexican labor market are foreseen
November 11, 2020 - The cut on year-end bonuses for bureaucrats is illegal and unconstitutional: lawyers
November 9, 2020 - The USMCA represents a “respite” for the economy
November 2, 2020 - AMLO will send a bill to eliminate outsourcing
October 28, 2020 - Specialists warn of risks if outsourcing is eliminated, they request that it is regulated
October 28, 2020 - Conf.: Oscar de la Vega, the USMCA and labor controversy panels, stakeholders and risks
October 27, 2020 - Mexico: Sixth National Commission for the Employee Profit Sharing violates its Legal and Constitutional Mandate
October 20, 2020 - The US raises vigilance in regard to child labor
October 13, 2020 - Teleworking is not what we thought, the pandemic proved this; how do we legislate it?
October 5, 2020 - Grupo Modelo seeks to avoid headcount
September 22, 2020 - The JFCA calls workers of a Zacatecas brewery to union election, despite pandemic
September 20, 2020 - It is approved to keep workers’ PTU at 10%
September 15, 2020 - Conago, channel for Segob, and with SHCP Tuesday and Thursday for a new Fiscal Pact
September 11, 2020 - 10% Profit Sharing diminishes Mexican companies’ competitiveness: experts
September 10, 2020 - Profit Sharing will remain at 10%; an agreement is reached between workers and employers
September 9, 2020 - Mexican companies must build a strategy to successfully deal with USMCA arbitration panels: experts
July 14, 2020 - Mexico is firmly committed to the Labor Reform, says Alcalde
July 13, 2020 - Mexico lags behind in regulating home office
July 1, 2020 - A 180-degree change is foreseen in the labor environment with the USMCA
June 30, 2020 - Delay by Mexico in its USMCA labor obligations; the US is watching closely
June 30, 2020 - The USMCA makes it necessary to make adjustments to the labor law in union matters
June 25, 2020 - The labor transformation left by Covid-19
June 25, 2020 - Controversy grows over the obligation of companies to conduct Covid-19 tests
June 24, 2020 - It is improper to leave the responsibility of testing for Covid-19 to employers
June 19, 2020 - The pace must be stepped up in order to comply with changes on labor matters; the signature of the USMCA is coming
May 29, 2020 - IMSS will give its approval for companies to reopen
May 19, 2020 - Covid fosters digital offices
May 18, 2020 - COVID-19 doesn’t affect the payment of employee profit sharing in 2020
May 15, 2020 - There is an urgent need to improve regulations on remote work
May 13, 2020 - Uncertainty in the labor arena due to Covid-19
May 6, 2020 - Labor Reform, at risk due to pandemic?
April 28, 2020 - The cut in salaries and year-end bonuses for bureaucrats, unconstitutional and contradictory
April 24, 2020 - They seek to regulate salaries in emergencies
April 22, 2020 - Upon entry into Phase 3, Morena presents an initiative to safeguard salaries
April 22, 2020 - AMLO bets on rearranging spending in order to obtain fiscal space
April 20, 2020 - The reduction of salaries and the elimination of wages are unconstitutional
April 15, 2020 - Labor agreements in pandemic situations
April 6, 2020 - It is constitutionally illegal to eliminate year-end bonuses and reducing salaries: lawyer
April 6, 2020 - Uncertainty in the labor arena in face of the health emergency
April 6, 2020 - Health emergency due to coronavirus “circumvents” Labor Law
April 2, 2020 - Compliance with labor law is necessary in face of the health contingency
April 1, 2020 - Deferring the payment of taxes, a global measure
April 1, 2020 - Individual and contractual agreements to maintain labor relationships in face of the Covid-19 contingency are possible: specialists
April 1, 2020 - “Violation of The Rule of Law”
March 31, 2020 - Employers lack clarity in regard to the implications of Phase 2 of the Coronavirus pandemic
March 25, 2020 - Can you be fired because of the Coronavirus pandemic?
March 25, 2020 - The terms for outsourcing become less harsh
March 5, 2020 - Bonaterra Week with the Conference “Effects of the Labor Reform”
March 3, 2020 - Conference gallery: A year after the Labor Amendment
February 28, 2020 - De La Vega & Martinez Rojas, S.C. Analyzes: Challenges of the Labor Reform / Comunicae.com.mx
February 27, 2020 - Registration of outsourcing companies, a good step toward the regulation of the sector: Lozano / Factor Capital Humano
February 20, 2020 - Labor Reform projection will be completed in 2023 / IDC On line
February 20, 2020 - The importance of union registration / IDC On line
February 20, 2020 - Specialists will analyze changes demanded by the labor market in Mexico / Al momento
February 20, 2020 - Interview with Oscar de la Vega in Central FM
February 19, 2020 - Outsourcing and subcontracting
February 18, 2020 - The new union integration in light of the Labor Reform
February 13, 2020 - Outsourcing and its implications
February 11, 2020 - Capping of pensions
February 5, 2020 - Pensions will have a ceiling only in case of litigation
February 5, 2020 - Is it harmful or beneficial? Implications of the increase on the minimum wage
December 23, 2019 - Labor attachés do not have powers
December 13, 2019 - L&E Global’s Latin America Members praised in latest Legal 500 rankings
October 17, 2019 - Labor, additional cause for concern for the IP [Private Sector], increase to minimum wages and accrued salaries risks, and SHCP [Ministry of Finance and Public Credit] credit with BM [World Bank] for reform
October 11, 2019 - Amendments to the Labor Reform Law, on accrued wages
October 11, 2019 - Labor Commission of the Senate approves changes to accrued salaries
October 10, 2019 - IP [Private Sector] warns about doubling of accrued salaries
October 10, 2019 - The Department of Labor and Social Welfare calls for a revision of the payment on profits
August 21, 2019 - Participation of Oscar De la Vega in the XXI Forum of International Taxation
August 16, 2019 - Profit sharing: the percentage of the benefit is to be reviewed
August 12, 2019 - Conference on the Labor Reform given by Mr. Oscar De La Vega for Thomson Reuters
July 30, 2019 - Mr. Oscar De La Vega at the discussion breakfast on the Labor Reform organized by the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF)
July 18, 2019 - Invitación al Desayuno Técnico Reforma Laboral 18 de julio | IMEF CDMX
July 5, 2019 - They lock the “revolving door” with stricter measures
July 4, 2019 - 62 unions where created in key sectors
July 2, 2019 - Mr. Oscar de la Vega at the Postgraduate Studies Department of the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM).
July 2, 2019 - Plática sobre la Reforma Laboral en Aeromexico
June 27, 2019 - Grabación del Webinar Reforma Laboral y su impacto fiscal
June 17, 2019 - Webinar Reforma Laboral y su impacto fiscal
June 3, 2019 - Plática en el Colegio de Contadores sobre la Reforma Laboral
June 3, 2019 - Nuevos líderes y centrales obreras, prevén abogados con reforma laboral
May 28, 2019 - Evento para la Cámara Canadiense sobre la Reforma Laboral
May 24, 2019 - Advierten crisis sindical en la burocracia del País
May 24, 2019 - El Lic. Oscar de la Vega en el Colegio de Contadores
May 24, 2019 - El sindicalismo debe reinventarse: Óscar de la Vega
May 20, 2019 - Entrevista al Lic. Oscar De La Vega con Denise Maerker sobre la Reforma Laboral
May 3, 2019 - Empleo en México, en dificultades
May 2, 2019 - Mesa de análisis sobre la Reforma Laboral
May 2, 2019 - La Reforma Laboral cumple con T-Mec
April 27, 2019 - Exigen que desaparezca el outsourcing
April 23, 2019 - Exigen que desaparezca el outsourcing
April 23, 2019 - Disputarían CCT de aviación
April 15, 2019 - Esconden contratos colectivos
April 13, 2019 - Esta es la reforma laboral que discuten diputados en el pleno este jueves
April 11, 2019 - Comisión de Trabajo inicia sesión con quórum de 29 legisladores en San Lázaro
April 10, 2019 - Reforma laboral cumple acuerdos establecidos, afirma abogado
April 10, 2019 - Reforma laboral cumple acuerdos establecidos, afirma abogado
April 10, 2019 - Nación: Reforma laboral cumple acuerdos establecidos, afirma abogado
April 10, 2019 - Reforma laboral tiene temas pendientes en regulación de huelgas y libertad sindical
April 10, 2019 - Nación: Reforma laboral cumple acuerdos establecidos, afirma abogado
April 10, 2019 - Reforma laboral tiene temas pendientes en regulación de huelgas y libertad sindical
April 10, 2019 - Reforma laboral tiene pendientes en regulación de huelgas y libertad sindical
April 10, 2019 - ¿Cuál es la propuesta de ley de reforma laboral?
April 27, 2019 - Decidirán afiliación 31.6 millones
March 5, 2019 - Desafían nuevos sindicatos
February 27, 2019 - Práctica de outsourcing aumenta competitividad empresarial
February 25, 2019 - Buscan erradicar extorsión sindical
February 20, 2019 - Controlan centrales obreras afines a Morena al menos 850 sindicatos
February 15, 2019 - Esperan reforma laboral para 1 de mayo.
February 5, 2019 - Pretenden limitar la subcontratación.
February 4, 2019 - ¿Qué causó las huelgas en las maquiladoras de Matamoros?
February 3, 2019 - Cambios a marco laboral se suman a incertidumbre de IP, Congreso avalará pronto y prevén más huelgas
January 15, 2019 - Reforma laboral
December 27, 2018 - Indemnizarían a hijos de empleados desaparecidos
November 18, 2018 - Nuevos empleos, nuevas problemáticas.
October 16, 2018 - Cambios laborales en tiempos de AMLO
October 16, 2018 - Revisión de Contrato Colectivo de Trabajo con Pilotos de Aeroméxico
October 4, 2018 - Obligados cambios a Ley del Trabajo por Convenio 98, fin a sindicatos charros y Gómez Urrutia enarbola
September 21, 2018 - Protesta IP ratificación de Convenio Laboral
September 21, 2018 - CCE y Especialistas opinan sobre Convenio 98 para Libertad Sindical
September 21, 2018 - De La Vega & Martínez Rojas S.C. ha sido nominada como una de las firmas líder en México.
September 14, 2018 - México garantiza a EU erradicar la simulación sindical
August 30, 2018 - Lanzamiento de Benchmark Latin America 2018
August 24, 2018 - Soy Freelance ¿qué debo saber de la ley?
August 22, 2018 - Prevén mejores salarios
July 16, 2018 - Entrevista en el programa Zona Laboral a nuestro socio fundador Oscar De La Vega acerca de la Ley Federal del Trabajo y los días de descanso durante las votaciones.
July 5, 2018 - Empleados que trabajen el 1 de julio deberán recibir 3 veces su salario
June 20, 2018 - Simposio de los Aspectos Fiscales y Laborales de los sueldos, salarios asimilados y prestaciones sociales
June 1 2018 - CONASAMI toma decisión contraria a la demanda dentro del TLCAN
May 24, 2018 - Simposio de los Aspectos Fiscales y Laborales de los sueldos, salarios asimilados y prestaciones sociales
May 14, 2018 - Oscar De La Vega es reconocido como “Thought Leader for Labour & Employment” por Who’s Who Legal
May 3, 2018 - Aspectos Laborales en la Renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio para América del Norte (TLCAN)
November 17, 2017 - Reta a empresas libertad sindical
October 30, 2017 - Advierten obstáculos laborales
August 2, 2017 - Piden a IP cambiar cultura empresarial
August 2, 2017 - Entrevista a Oscar De La Vega: TLC y el capítulo laboral con el enfoque de qué y cómo cambiará el capítulo laboral en el TLCAN
July 27, 2017 - Entrevista a Oscar De La Vega acerca se los efectos de las UMAS en el entorno laboral
February 27, 2017