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The Part-Time Employment Law, enacted in March 2026 and intended to create 250,000 jobs, has produced only 60 registered contracts so far, prompting business groups to seek reforms before the year-end holiday season; the Labor Secretary attributes slow uptake to widespread labor informality.

COHEP is backing a digital platform developed through a partnership between the Tegucigalpa chamber of commerce and the Tegucigalpa municipal government to help formalize businesses, strengthen entrepreneurship, and connect Hondurans with training and job opportunities.

A study by the Honduran private-sector council found that blackouts and electrical interruptions cost businesses approximately L1.2 billion (about $48 million) a year, with small firms hit hardest, as the government pushes energy-sector reforms.

Honduras's private-sector council COHEP met with the Environment Ministry (SERNA) secretary and agreed on concrete steps to streamline environmental licensing, which business leaders say is currently blocking investment in the country.

The Honduran private sector, through FEDECAMARA, has presented President Nasry Juan Asfura with a nine-point policy agenda covering administrative simplification and workforce development, aimed at improving the country's investment climate and decentralizing economic growth.

Honduras is hosting the VIII International Forum of Securities Market Issuers of the Americas (FIMVA 2026) in San Pedro Sula, which the private sector says offers opportunities to connect local firms with Latin American financial leaders and develop the national capital market.