Carla Martínez Santistevan
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Carla Martínez Santistevan is a Senior Associate at De la Vega & Martínez Rojas with over ten years of experience in labor law, collective labor relations, regulatory compliance, and labor risk management.
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Carla Martínez Santistevan is an attorney specializing in Labor Law and Collective Relations, with over ten years of experience advising national and international companies on regulatory compliance, collective bargaining, strategic litigation, and comprehensive labor risk management. She currently serves as a Senior Associate at De la Vega & Martínez Rojas.
Previously, she served as Legal Deputy Director and Head of Labor for Mexico at a multinational retail company, where she led the national labor strategy, managing contingencies, collective relations, and decision-making in highly complex operational environments. This experience allowed her to develop an executive perspective on internal governance, the financial impact of labor risks, and the alignment between compliance and operations.
She specializes in the implementation and compliance of NOM-035-STPS-2018, as well as in designing preventive strategies regarding psychosocial risks and structuring internal policies aimed at mitigating labor contingencies. She also has extensive experience in subcontracting and the transition resulting from the 2021 outsourcing reform, including regularization processes, structuring specialized service schemes, REPSE compliance, and supply chain risk mapping.
Her practice incorporates technological tools aimed at streamlining labor processes, systematizing compliance, and performing preventive contingency analysis. Additionally, she has participated in strategic litigation regarding human rights, particularly in economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR), in matters linked to the Government of Mexico and before the Inter-American System of Human Rights. Her background combines experience in law firms, corporate settings, and collaboration with international organizations and the public sector.
Collective bargaining in the airline sector that successfully averted a strike and ensured operational continuity.
Volkswagen secured a union agreement with 63% approval, avoiding a strike and ensuring operational continuity following complex negotiations.
Revision of the collective bargaining agreement at Monte de Piedad, achieving labor savings greater operational flexibility to ensure institutional.
Agreement between ASPA and Aeroméxico with a 7.5% salary increase and 12% in benefits, aligning incentives and restoring labor stability.
The Supreme Court of Mexico dismissed the ASPA Contract B case, providing legal certainty and a definitive end to a key litigation for Aeromexico.
Acuerdo multianual con STIA que asegura estabilidad laboral y competitividad operativa para más de 1,200 trabajadores en Aerolitoral.
In 2024, the operations of one of the country's most advanced automotive plants faced a critical disruption: a 24-day strike.
A national strike at Monte de Piedad was averted, protecting operations across 300 branches and securing a balanced labor agreement.
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