Garantías al derecho al trabajo en situación de vulnerabilidad ante desvinculaciones a funcionarios públicos

Abstract

Abstract: This paper analyzes the work situations that may be faced by a person belonging to a priority care group who works in the public sector. Such persons enjoy enhanced job protection, but on certain occasions public institutions ignore this protection and dismiss them, which violates their rights and jeopardizes the daily lives of persons belonging to the priority care group. For this reason, the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court, through its rulings, has analyzed various situations in which public institutions have violated the rights of their workers, who have been forced to file a judicial guarantee to assert their rights. Thanks to these rulings, certain minimum standards have been established, which serve as a guide for the rulings so that judges can issue rulings taking into account all the aspects that the ruling must have at the time they are handed down when one of the defendants belongs to the priority care group.