Is it Possible to Regulate the Provision of Services Under Non-Labor Law Contracts?

When an individual provides services to another one, a labor relationship occurs, which creates that the latter one, the employer, has to fulfill several obligations that may represent a high cost. Although it is possible to avoid the fulfillment of these obligations by hiring the individual under a...

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Autor: Silva Méndez, Jorge Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5946
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/5946
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Labor
employment law
provision of services
labor relationship
subordination
Trabajo
derecho laboral
prestación de servicios
relación laboral
subordinación
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Sumario:When an individual provides services to another one, a labor relationship occurs, which creates that the latter one, the employer, has to fulfill several obligations that may represent a high cost. Although it is possible to avoid the fulfillment of these obligations by hiring the individual under a civil or a commercial contract, this is quite complicated due to the expansive nature of the subordination principle (principio de subordinacion), a key element of the Mexican labor law. Based on the Federal Labor Law, the jurisprudence and the legal studies, this paper analyzes whether the provision of services governed under non-labor law regulations is legally possible. At the end, I propose a rule to decide whether or not the provision of services under non-labor law regulations is legal.