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04/21/08

07:47:39 am, Categories: Costa Rica's Legal System, Employee Relations, Contracts, Living in Costa Rica, 1025 words

Employers are getting pounded in labor court cases

And an employer could be just a homeowner

By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica

Employers are suffering heavy losses in their labor court battles with employees. Judges are also clobbering employers with hefty awards to the employees to serve as a warning to bosses to stay out of court.

In one labor case, a court decree Friday surprised a retired couple. A judge ordered them to pay thousands of dollars to a guard service. The judge ruled that the proprietor of the service really was an employee and not an independent contractor. The homeowners have contracts between themselves and the guard firm to prove otherwise, but the judge discarded the documents as rubbish.

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