La corte constitucional y la flexibilidad del mercado laboral

Abstract

This document presents a number of theoretical and practical arguments to explain how constitutional jurisprudence (rulings on the constitutionality of laws and on the “acción de tutela”) have become a factor affecting the flexibility of labor legislation in Colombia. Two examples are presented. One of them deals with the acción de tutela, the other with a case regarding the inconstitutionality of a law. The latter example is formalized through a microeconomic model taken from the producer's theory to demonstrate how a reduction in the degree of flexibility in labor contracts may affect decisions on wage levels and/or employment.