Legal Effects of Job Offers

Labor and employment attorney Mariangela Cáceres wrote an article for Asuntos Legales about the legal effects of job offers in Colombia. The article explains the importance of the pre-contractual labor stage and how, in the absence of specific regulation in the Substantive Labor Code, courts has granted legal value to job offers. Ms. Cáceres highlights that a job offer becomes binding when it is properly communicated, accepted and contains the essential elements of the employment contract. Furthermore, she points out that non-compliance or withdrawal of the offer by the employer may generate the obligation to compensate the potential employee for damages caused.

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