The norm, in detail
Provincial labor framework brought up to date: a new Labor Secretariat and the RIdE as the key to the benefits
Ley 3468 (2024) + Decreto reglamentario 984/2025
in forcePROVINCIAL
Labor
Ley 3468 replaces Neuquén's labor procedure in force since 1985 and creates a Secretaría de Trabajo with functional autonomy.
What changed and who it applies to
What changed
Neuquén replaced its provincial labor-procedure framework, in force without substantive reform since 1985, with a new, digital one. Ley 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 Ley 1625 and Resolución 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. Decreto 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 ↗
In force
Ley 3468 promulgated on 10/30/2024 (enacted 10/03/2024); regulated by Decreto 984/2025; the Computerized Employers Registry (RIdE) is mandatory to enroll from the Official Gazette publication of 04/17/2026. prob Oct 30, 2024 ↗
Are you in or out?
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 ↗
The norm
Ley provincial 3468, passed on Oct 3, 2024 and enacted on Oct 30, 2024 (signed by Governor Rolando Figueroa and Labor Minister Lucas Castelli). Regulated by Decreto provincial 984/2025 (Annex I "Reglamentación Ley 3468 Título I Parte General"), which sets up the Registro Informático de Empleadores (RIdE, the digital employer register) and makes it mandatory from its publication in the Boletín Oficial of Apr 17, 2026. Sources also cite operational coordination through Decreto 1253/2025 (pending confirmation against the primary source: not opened). verif Oct 30, 2024 ↗
Our reading
Neuquén brought its provincial labor framework up to date — it had run without a substantive reform since 1985 — and made it digital: a Labor Secretariat with its own delegation in Vaca Muerta and an online employers registry. For the supplier wanting to enter the ecosystem, the RIdE is the key: from April 2026 enrolling is mandatory and is the gateway to selling to the State and hooking into Compre Neuquino, Emplea Neuquén and Kimun. Clear rules and a single digital procedure to be inside. thesis
Where it lands, province by province1
The other rules on this subject21
The comprehensive labor reform is now lawLey 27.802 (Official Gazette, Mar 6, 2026, promulgated by Decreto 137/2026)in force
Hire formally for 4 years with employer contributions of 2%+3%Decreto 315/2026 (Official Gazette, May 4, 2026), Ley 27.802 Title XXin force
The labor reform lands: transparent pay slip, ARCA and the end of ultra-activityDecreto 407/2026 (Official Gazette, Jun 1, 2026)in force
Ley Bases: labor modernization and registered employmentLey 27.742, Titles IV-V (Decreto 847/2024); Title II Ch. IV (Decreto 695/2024)in force
The dismissal number, section by sectionLaw 27.802, ss. 10, 51 and 54 to 57 (Title I), rewriting ss. 20, 245, 276, 277 and 278 of the Employment Contract Actin force
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