Basically, it's the cost of firing an employee. (Ed. according to the current labor code in Panama, employment for over two months counts as permanent employment, and dismissal of permanent employees is costly.)
最主要的是，降低企業主在解雇員工時須付的代價（編按：目前巴國勞工法規定，雇用滿二個月後，就視為永久性雇用，若要解雇，代價極為苛重）。