RESUMENLas empresas públicas son entidades a las cuales los Estados han ido atribuyéndoles características hasta convertirlas en una herramienta fundamental para el cumplimiento de sus objetivos. Debido a su utilidad, se ha previsto un régimen jurídico particular que les permita asimilar su funcionamiento a las empresas privadas para que puedan competir en igualdad de condiciones y producir rentabilidad social.En el mismo sentido, se ha sugerido que su régimen laboral diste de aquel que impera en el resto del sector púbico. A través de una metodología explicativa, el presente artículo pretende develar el régimen laboral que el legislador ecuatoriano ha previsto para los servidores públicos que trabajan en estas entidades. Desde una perspectiva analítica, se pretende concluir que se trata de un régimen mixto que no concuerda con lo establecido por la doctrina y que requiere ser unificado para evitar interpretaciones arbitrarias.
ABSTRACTGovernment-Run companies are entities to which States have been attributing characteristics to the extent of turning them into a fundamental tool for the fulfillment of their objectives. Due to their usefulness, a particular legal framework has been established allowing them to assimilate their operation to private companies in order to compete on equal terms and produce social profitability.In the same matter, it has been suggested that their labor framework has to be different from those prevailing in the rest of the public sector. Through an explanatory methodology, this article aims to unveil the labor legal framework that the Ecuadorian legislation has instituted for public servants who work in these entities. From an analytical perspective, it intends to conclude that a mixed legal framework that does not agree with what is established by the legal doctrine and that it needs to be unified to avoid arbitrary interpretations.
KEYWORDS: Government-Run companies / State-owned enterprises, public servants, public sector, public administration.
JEL CODE / CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: M54. M55
Government-Run companies are entities to which States have been attributing characteristics to the extent of turning them into a fundamental tool for the fulfillment of their objectives. Due to their usefulness, a particular legal framework has been established allowing them to assimilate their operation to private companies in order to compete on equal terms and produce social profitability.In the same matter, it has been suggested that their labor framework has to be different from those prevailing in the rest of the public sector. Through an explanatory methodology, this article aims to unveil the labor legal framework that the Ecuadorian legislation has instituted for public servants who work in these entities. From an analytical perspective, it intends to conclude that a mixed legal framework that does not agree with what is established by the legal doctrine and that it needs to be unified to avoid arbitrary interpretations.
KEYWORDS: Government-Run companies / State-owned enterprises, public servants, public sector, public administration.
JEL CODE: M54. M55