Contraloría - Dictamen N° 48974 2015

La Contraloría ratifica el cese de un exfuncionario por falta de probidad, aplicando el Código del Trabajo y desestimando la ley N° 18.834 y la indemnización por años de servicio, tras expirar el plazo de invalidación administrativa.

• A former employee of the Hospital de Carabineros filed a complaint contesting his termination of employment.
• The termination was based on "falta de probidad en el desempeño de las funciones," an express ground for dismissal under Article 160, N° 1, letter a) of the Labor Code.
• The Contraloría General's consistent jurisprudence, exemplified by Dictámenes N° 29.399/2009 and N° 56.427/2009, upholds dismissals based on "falta de probidad" under Article 160, N° 1, letter a) of the Labor Code.
• Administrative, civil, and penal responsibilities are independent; therefore, the resolution of civil or penal proceedings does not preclude the application of administrative sanctions for the same facts.
• Law 19.880 establishes a two-year period of caducity, not prescription, for the administrati...