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Business shut-down due to COVID-19 and exceptions As a preventive measure of COVID-19, through Executive Decree No. 500 of March 19, 2020, the closing of commercial establishments and natural or legal person companies was ordered for 30 days from 11:59 p.m. March 20, 2020 in Panama, except those dedicated to…

Sanitary measures imposed in Panama due to COVID-19 As of March 16, 2020, Executive Decree 78 of March 16, 2020 came into force and effect in Panama, which, in relation to employer-employee relations, it establishes, in summary, the following: 1. Workers who are 60 years of age or older, as…

New Data Protection Law in Panama A Data Protection Law was enacted in Panama by means of Law No. 81 of March 26, 2019, establishing the conditions for the use, protection and transference of personal data and the creation of a Personal Data Protection Council. Regarding the use of any…