Municipal
Employee Fired For Being
Colombian
The Sala II de la Corte
Suprema de Justicia
confirmed that the tax
administrator for the
Municipalidad de Santa
Ana, Álvaro Manuel
Alcalá Segovia, was
fired by the former
mayor of Santa Ana,
María Eugenia Vargas
Solís, for simply being
a Colombian refugee in
Costa Rica.
The court order the
municipality to pay
Segovia his back salary,
including bonuses,
vacations and aguinaldo,
since he was fired on
May 14, 2004.
Segovia had filed a
wrongful dismissal suit
with the Juzgado de
Trabajo de Mayor Cuantía
del Segundo Circuito
Judicial de San José,
which rejected the
claim, forcing the
Colombian to file his
suit to the higher
court, the Tribunal de
Trabajo, Sección Tercera.
The Tribunal de Trabajo
found that the firing
had been one of
discrimination and
ordered the municipality
to reinstate Segovia to
his position and salary.
The municipality filed
an appeal with the Sala
II, which found in
favour of Segovia. |
