Laboral - Rol N° O-529-2023

Tribunal laboral declara improcedente despido por falta de fundamentación específica en carta, ordenando pago de recargo legal y restitución de descuento AFC. Rechaza excepción de finiquito.

• A labor relationship existed between Nombre and Agrícola Mercedario SpA (demandada) from November 2, 2020, to August 4, 2023, initially as a fixed-term contract that evolved into an indefinite-term contract.
• The plaintiff performed administrative and agricultural tasks, including coordinating production, and his workday was subject to Article 22 of the Labor Code.
• The plaintiff's monthly remuneration was established at $2,102,540 CLP.
• The employer dismissed the employee on August 4, 2023, invoking Article 161, inciso 1º of the Labor Code ('necesidades de la empresa').
• The plaintiff argued that the dismissal was unjustified due to formal defects in the termination letter, which lacked specific factual grounds.
• The defendant raised the exception of finiquito, transaction...