The constitutionalization of fundamental labor rights in Chile

Abstract

Is currently conceived workers as holders of   non-specific, enforceable    rights   your   employer   to   the   employment relationship inside, passing   ultimately   to  constitute   a  limit on the powers of  the employer,   leaving   a   purely   vertical    conception   to  the   State.  This   is   due   to a   process   of  reinterpretation of the 1980   Constitution,   together   with doctrinal   and    jurisprudential   work in  this   field   has  allowed to be in front of what we have called “The constitutionalization of labour rights” in our country. This recognition is insufficient, but they were granted him such rights mechanisms of effective judicial protection, has been done by creating and incorporacion procedure of labour protection for violation of fundamental rights.