REGIME APPLICABLE TO CAPITAL INCREASES IN LABOR COMPANIES

Abstract

Labor companies are recognized as social economy entities, although formally are capital companies. The specialties provided for in the Labor Companies Law apply to them, but the rules of the Capital Companies Law also apply to the Labor Companies, as far as they do not contradict their Labor Companies Law. The execution of a capital increase may affect the distribution of share capital, relevant issue to be able to maintain the qualification of labor society, due to the minimum and maximum participation requirements of its workers in the capital stock. This work analyzes the rules applicable to labor companies in capital increases, contained both in its regulatory law and in the Capital Companies Law due to lack of regulation in the Labor Companies Law. Of these rules we will analyze in more depth those that affect or may affect the participation of the partners in the capital stock.