Renunciar también puede dar derecho a indemnización: estos son los casos contemplados en la ley laboral en Colombia
La terminación de un contrato laboral no siempre tiene un solo responsable. La legislación colombiana reconoce que, en determinados escenarios, el tra...
TL;DR
- Colombian legislation allows workers to resign and receive compensation in specific cases where the employer is at fault.
- These situations are recognized as 'indirect dismissal' under Article 62 of the Substantive Labor Code.
- Examples include repeated failure to pay wages or social benefits, unilateral changes to work conditions, mistreatment, harassment, or threats to employee safety and health.
- To receive compensation, workers must prove that the employer's conduct directly led to the contract termination.
- This contrasts with just causes for employer-initiated dismissals, such as serious breach of obligations or persistent low performance.