Panama has a modern labor regime, which applies to both national and the foreign worker under the principle of equality duly recognized in our Constitution and other laws, as well as the principle of territoriality in labor legislation established in the National Labor Code.

However, anyone who applies abroad to obtain a visa representing perform labor, in exemple, the occupation of a place of employment, regardless hired by the government or by the National Private Enterprise, as well as those immigrants who want to work in the territory of the Republic of Panama must obtain from the relevant authorities, in addition to their immigration status for a permit that authorizes Labor to act formally.

Currently, the construction of the third set of locks in the Panama Canal offers foreigners an undeniable source of employment in both technical and skilled, which necessarily require a status to stay in the country, and perform some kind of activity related to the Panama Canal work.