Ministry of Labour Sets a Maximum Time Limit for Payment of Settlements to Former Workers

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Employers will have a maximum period of 15 days to register the finiquito minutes, counted from the end of the employment relationship, as recorded in the Ministerial Agreement MDT-2025-053, signed on 12 May last by the Minister of Labour, Ivonne Núñez, and published in the Official Register on 15 May, and amend the Agreement BAT-2023-140 of 14 November 2023.

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The Ministry of Labour of Ecuador issued Ministerial Agreement No. MDT-2025-053, which reduces from 30 days to 15 days the maximum period that employers have to register the final act and make the payment of liquidations to their former workers. This with the aim of ensuring greater efficiency and justice in the fulfilment of labour rights. The new regulation, published in the Official Register on May 15, 2025, states that the procedure must be …