This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 10th American Regional Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL), which took place at the end of September 2016, in Panama City. This represent a major scientific event for the American region on the study of labour and social security law.

The topics selected by the local organizing committee and officers of the ISLSSL, identified three main themes dealing with the latest cutting edge in topical legal issues. The selection of topics was such to attract the interest of not only from academic and practitioners in the region but also from outside the American region. In addition, the regional event was complemented by the organisation of an ad hoc meeting for young legal scholars of the region