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The cost of dismissal without just cause

Dossier
The legal framework for foreign investment02-marco-legal.md
Domain
The labor framework and employer chargeslegal-laboral
Room
Law/ley
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The Labor Code (Decree 1441) sets severance for dismissal without just cause at one month's salary for each year of continuous service, pro-rated where service is under a year. It is a right that cannot be waived. The dossier does not spell out the calculation base for that severance; it must be read in the text of the Code.

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Figures

Severance for dismissal without just causetexto oficial (MCD)
1 month's wages per year of continuous service (pro-rated if <1 year)in force (Labor Code)

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