Socio-Economic repercussions as a result of the employment protection law in workers of large Chilean companies

Abstract

 Faced with the eventuality of the pandemic called COVID-19 that hit the whole world and the country in particular, several consequences arose both globally and nationally, one of them was the large increase in the unemployment rate. As a remedial measure in the face of this situation and in order to achieve a halt to the increase in this rate, Law 21,227 (Employment Protection Law) was implemented at the national level, which aimed to protect the sources of employment in companies that were affected. Due to the health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting not only organizations but also their workers, seeing not only small and medium-sized companies involved in this process, but also those large conglomerates present in the country. Hence the genesis of this study, whose main objective was to analyze the effects of the Employment Protection Law on workers working in large Chilean conglomerates.

The research methodology used was framed in this case under a qualitative approach, with a phenomenological design, an interpretive paradigm and with a transversal scope. The research technique to be used was based on documentary analysis and included an analysis plan of category establishment, category saturation, live code support, analysis by category and the diagnostic conclusion.