• Practice Areas

Labour and Immigration

Professional in a work environment extending a hand, representing collaboration and commitment in SMA’s labour and immigration law practice

With a strong track record in the Mozambican market, we provide legal advisory across the most complex aspects of Employment Law.

Our focus is to ensure that human resources management is conducted with legal certainty, operational efficiency and full regulatory compliance.

Our expertise includes

Ongoing legal support to human resources departments, including the drafting of internal policies, control systems and labour audits to identify and mitigate risks.

Drafting and management of employment contracts, with particular expertise in the legal framework for hiring both national and foreign employees, including compliance ratios and applicable exemptions.

Management of disciplinary proceedings, negotiation of severance arrangements and termination processes, ensuring compliance with mandatory legal requirements.

Strategic representation in labour disputes, both judicial and pre-judicial.

Advisory on the regulatory framework applicable to temporary employment agencies and the secondment of employees.

Assistance in obtaining and renewing work permits, work visas, business visas and short-term visas, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Migration and Foreigners Service.

Advisory on foreign labour quotas, ensuring that workforce structures comply with applicable ratios and legal exemptions.

Support in structuring employee secondments and intra-group transfers, mitigating legal and administrative risks associated with expatriation.