Suprema - Rol N° 4017-2015

La Corte Suprema confirm uevoacute; la sentencia de apelaciones que rechaz uevoacute; un recurso de protecci uevoacute;n, al estimar que el t uevoacute;rmino anticipado de una contrata, aun siendo discrecional, requeriacute;a fundamentaci uevoacute;n para no ser arbitrario.

• A worker challenged the termination of their public sector contract ("a contrata") via a recurso de protecci uevoacute;n, alleging violation of constitutional rights (equality and property).
• The contract included the clause "mientras sean necesarios sus servicios" and was set to expire on December 31, 2014.
• Worker's argument: Termination before the end date, based on services no longer being necessary, was illegal and arbitrary, infringing constitutional guarantees of equality (Art. 19 N° 2) and property (Art. 19 N° 24).
• Administration's Defense (IPS): Termination was a discretionary faculty exercised according to established causes ("no necessary services"), not arbitrary or illegal, as per administrative norms.
• Legal Framework for Discretion: Public administration exercises dis...