Alienation, Dependence or Control: The Cause of the Contract

• Autor: Ojeda, Antonio
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2007
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2956
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/2956
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Alienation; Dependence; Control; Employment Relationship; Employment Contract; Spanish Law; Ajenidad; Dependencia; Relación Laboral; Contrato de Trabajo; Derecho Español

Over the years, the theories that have characterized the employment contract have been at odds with each other; however, the legislator has tried to reconcile them. To that extent, the author performs an analysis of the theories of alienation and dependency, which were used by the legislator and the Spanish jurisprudential practice, with the purpose of defining which of them offers a better explanation of the labor contract. In this way, this paper seeks to address both theories mentioned and then to reflect on the subject. After reviewing these criteria, the author suggests that both are insufficient to explain the employment relationship, and therefore proposes a new criterion: the continuous directive power as a cause of the employment contract. According to this new theory, what prevails is the submission of the worker to the permanent control of the employer, being this conception more adequate to explain the employment contract and thus be able to differentiate it from other contractual relationships.