The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) ruled that administrative judges have the authority to grant public servants rights that have not been expressly requested, provided that such benefits are derived from the law, in accordance with the nature of their employment relationship and the facts of the case.
In this regard, by judgment No. SCJ-TS-22-0870, dated August 31, 2022, the appellate court It allows for the correction of any legal deficiency or error in the complaint initiating proceedings in administrative law when social rights are involved.
“There can be no public interest embedded in the statute or derived from the contract that justifies the non-application or non-enforcement of fundamental social rights with respect to public employees, who, in reality, are in no different a situation than private-sector workers when it comes to legitimate aspirations related to their labor and which touch upon the most sensitive aspects of their human dignity,” explains the ruling.
Likewise, the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice reaffirmed the principle of the protection of labor rights, established in Article 62 of the Constitution, which must be applied by the competent jurisdiction (in this case, the administrative jurisdiction) to resolve disputes arising in public-sector employment relationships.
In that regard, the aforementioned Chamber upholds Judgment No. 030-1643-2022-SSEN-00004, dated January 17, 2022, issued by the Fifth Settlement Chamber of the Superior Administrative Court, refers the case to the Second Chamber of the Superior Administrative Court—the lawsuit seeking employment benefits filed by a physician alleging wrongful termination.
To read the full text of the ruling signed by Justice Manuel Alexis Read (presiding) and Justices Manuel R. Herrera Carbuccia, Moisés A. Ferrer Landrón, and Rafael Vásquez Goico, click on the following link here.
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