Contraloría - Dictamen N° 44018 2017

Contraloría General determina que fundamentos de absolución por acoso laboral en Hospital Militar son insuficientes y ordena reevaluar potestad sancionatoria, basándose en mérito de antecedentes y jurisprudencia.

• A complainant requested a review of the acquittal in a disciplinary procedure at the Military Hospital of Santiago for alleged workplace harassment, asserting the decision contradicted evidence and the fiscal's findings.
• The fiscal's investigation found evidence of workplace harassment by the head nurse (referred to as 'la señora NNN') against the complainant and proposed disciplinary sanctions.
• The Hospital's Director General, via resolution exenta N° 7.482/2016, rejected the fiscal's proposal, deeming the harassment allegations ambiguous and insufficiently proven.
• Witness declarations and a prior internal investigation corroborated specific incidents of harassment and inappropriate conduct by the accused nurse.
• The Contraloría General affirmed that the exercise of disciplinary ...