Provincial labor framework brought up to date: a new Labor Secretariat and the RIdE as the key to the benefits

Neuquén replaced its provincial labor-procedure framework, in force without substantive reform since 1985, with a new, digital one. Law 3468 (Art. 1) creates the Labor Secretariat as an "organization with functional autonomy and competence in labor matters", with powers of advice, application of labor law, prevention and resolution of individual and collective disputes, and police power (Art. 2). It decentralizes oversight into six regional delegations — among them a Vaca Muerta Regional Delegation seated in Añelo and Rincón de los Sauces, and a Comarca Petrolera — each with Labor Police, Occupational Health and Safety Police and a Labor Relations area. Art. 57 repeals the previous Law 1625 and Resolution 659. It adds protection against precarization, free legal advice to workers, scope over platform work, a graduated infractions regime (minor/serious/very serious, measured in JUS) and dispute and appeal procedures processed digitally. Decree 984/2025 regulates it and launches the Computerized Employers Registry (RIdE), a 100% digital platform on which every employer (companies and associations, including unions as employers) processes complaints, hearings, assemblies and the registration of industrial actions online. Enrollment in the RIdE is mandatory from the Official Gazette publication of 04/17/2026 and functions as a requirement to be a provincial-State supplier and to access the Compre Neuquino, Emplea Neuquén and Kimun Law programs. As of 04/21/2026 there were 417 registered companies. verif · Oct 30, 2024 ↗

Law 3468 promulgated on 10/30/2024 (enacted 10/03/2024); regulated by Decree 984/2025; the Computerized Employers Registry (RIdE) is mandatory to enroll from the Official Gazette publication of 04/17/2026. prob · Oct 30, 2024 ↗

Every employer with activity in Neuquén — private companies, SMEs, associations and unions in their role as employers. For the Vaca Muerta satellite-service supplier the critical point is operational: enrollment in the RIdE is mandatory from 04/17/2026 and is a condition to be a provincial-State supplier and to hook into the Compre Neuquino, Emplea Neuquén and Kimun Law programs. Without the RIdE those channels are not accessible. The Vaca Muerta Regional Delegation (Añelo / Rincón de los Sauces) concentrates labor oversight in the heart of the cluster. prob · Oct 30, 2024 ↗