The regulation of the notion of employer in an overregulated framework: the case of the Chilean labour law

Abstract

This work presents the notion of employer in Chilean labour law. It begins with a brief introduction of the context of the Chilean overregulated legislation. Then, it is studied the definition of employer and some basic concepts of the Labour Code. The phenomena of subcontracting, multi RUT and temporary agency of work are analysed. A final section contains some reflections on these aspects.

Keywords

• employer
• overregulation
• subcontracting
• liability