JUAN JOSÉ CARRERAS

PRACTICE AREAS

• Labor Law
• Labor Relations
• Prevention of Occupational Hazards
• Occupational Health

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate BLP Abogados. San José, Costa Rica. 2008 - present.
• Associate, Labor Consultancy Group (LCG). 2001-2008
• Technician in the prevention of labor risks in the area of labor security, MAPFRE, Mutua Fremap. Salamanca, Spain. 2001
• Assistant and Associate, Bufete Lic. Mario Gutiérrez Q. 1995-2000
• Assistant, Bufete Quirós y Asociados. 1994-1995
• Assistant, Bufete Mas y Asociados. 1993-1995
  

EDUCATION

• Master’s degree in Occupational Hazard Prevention, with emphasis on Occupational Safety, University of Salamanca, Spain. 200-2001
• Technician in Occupational Hazard Prevention. University of Salamanca, Spain. 200-2001
• Graduate Course on Labor Law from the University of Salamanca, Spain. 2000-2001
• • Licentiate in Law. Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica (UACA). 1003-1998
  

LANGUAGES

• English and Spanish
  
  

 

MEMBERSHIPS

• Costa Rican Bar Association
• Costa Rican Association of Labor law
• Public Notary>
  
  

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Responsible for overseeing the audit. Process in occupational health and occupational risk prevention and has also given support and legal advice to obtain the WRAP certification (Worldwide responsible apparel production) to companies en the textile business.
• Has represented various companies when neccesary in conciliation hearings before the Ministry of Labour and Social security, as well as the labor court in ordinary demands, labor law violations, and labor risks in the different provinces of the country.
• Participation in the programme of diploma in labor relations
• Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) – Univerity of Costa Rica. 2005
•   Courses of the Postgraduate Special Program about the strategies to acces work, of the program Interdisciplinary disability studies. 2004
• Postgradute course in Labor Law. Universidad de Salamanca – España. 2001
• Course about Preventive Management System on labor risks. Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS). 1998
•   Course “Enfermedades Laborales Asociadas a los Riesgos Respiratorios” y “Selección Técnica de Equipo de Protección Personal”. Universidad Tecnológica de Costa Rica. 1997
• II National Forum on risks of Labor and Occupational health. Instituto Nacional de Seguros. 1997

PUBLICATIONS

• Autor of the article:”Cuidado con el Trabajo Nocturno” Publisher in El Financiero newspaper. November 2003