On April 10, 2020, the Ministry of Labor issued an agreement, MDT-2020-081, which states the following:

Settlement payments:

When the employer, due to the health emergency, is unable to use the mechanisms established in the current regulations to make the payment of settlements previously authorized by the labor inspector and/or the payment of fines, he/she may make said payments through bank transfer with the data that the Ministry of Labor will make available through its website.

The proof of the bank transaction must be sent to the email address liquidaciones@trabajo.gob.ec.

Termination of employment contracts in accordance with cause 6 of article 169 of the Labor Code.

The employer who alleges the termination of the individual employment contract in accordance with cause 6 of article 169 of the Labor Code, must within 24 hours after the aforementioned termination do the following:

1. Register in the Single Labor System (SUT); the grounds that support the termination of the individual employment contract; the information registered will be the exclusive responsibility of the employer.

Employers who fail to make this registration will be penalized with a fine of three to twenty unified basic salaries or wages of the worker in general.

2. Notify the worker of the termination of the individual employment contract.

The Ministry of Labor will carry out the necessary controls and verifications to safeguard compliance with workers' rights and the law.