On December 15, 2025, the National Council of Labor and Wages, following several tripartite meetings attended by representatives from the Government, workers, and employers, agreed to set the Unified Basic Salary (SBU) for general workers at US $482.00 (four hundred eighty-two and 00/100 United States dollars) for the year 2026.Read More
The President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa Azín, through Executive Decree No. 249, dated December 17, 2025, ordered the suspension of the workday on Friday, January 2, 2026, for both the public and private sectors nationwide. This measure aims to incorporate said date into the national holiday New Year's holiday (January 1), which will now extend from January 1 to 4, 2026.Read More
The Mining Regulation and Control Agency (ARCOM), through Resolution No. ARCOM-009/25 dated October 29, 2025 —published in the Sixth Supplement of the Official Registry No. 158 on November 6, 2025—, issued the guidelines governing the “seizure, confiscation, management, delivery, disposal, destruction, neutralization, and/or demolition of equipment, goods, inputs, machinery, and vehicles used in illegal mining activities, as well as the mineralized material derived therefrom.”Read More
On October 16, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Electricity (ARCONEL) approved Regulation No. ARCONEL 005/25, titled “Regulation to Promote Generation with Non-Conventional Renewable Energy (ERNC) Greater than 10 MW and Less than or Equal to 100 MW”. This regulation establishes the technical and procedural framework for the development of generation projects using non-conventional renewable energy sources with a capacity greater than 10 MW and less than or equal to 100 MW.Read More
The President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa Azín, through Executive Decree No. 72, dated October 2, 2025, ordered the suspension of the workday on October 9, 2025, for both the public and private sectors nationwide. This measure aims to incorporate said date into the national holiday, which will now extend from October 9 to October 12, 2025.Read More
The Plenary of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, through Judgment 51-25-IN/25 dated September 26, 2025, declared the unconstitutionality, on procedural grounds, of the Organic Law of National Solidarity in its entirety. This is due to the violation of the principle of unity of subject matter (Article 136 of the Constitution) during its approval and because it was improperly processed through the expedited procedure applicable to bills classified as economically urgent (Article 140 of the Constitution). This declaration will have retroactive effects from the publication of the judgement in the Official Gazette of Ecuador (Registro Oficial).Read More
The Plenary of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, through Judgment 52-25-IN/25 dated September 26, 2025, declared the Organic Law on Public Integrity unconstitutional in its entirety due to procedural flaws.Read More
On August 28, 2025, the Organic Law on Social Transparency (hereinafter, LOTS) was published in the Third Supplement of the Official Registry No. 122. Its primary purpose is to promote transparency in the operations of non-profit social organizations operating in the country. Below is a summary of the key aspects of this law:Read More
On August 28, 2025, the Organic Law on Social Transparency was published in the Third Supplement of the Official Gazette No. 122, which amended various legal frameworks, including the Mining Law.Below is a summary of the main amendments:Read More
In accordance with the provisions of the Violet Economy Law, the deadline for companies to register their Equality Plan with the Ministry of Labor is July 31, 2024.Companies with 50 or more employees are required to register the Equality Plan, while those with fewer employees may do so on a voluntary basis...Read More
