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Analysis of the employee’s right to terminate the employment contract due to employer breach in Costa Rica, including the legal grounds, jurisprudential requirements, and applicable limitation periods.

This article explores the employer’s right to recover overpayments or advances made to employees, as outlined in Article 173 of Costa Rica’s Labor Code.

In Costa Rica, loss of confidence is a cause for dismissal without employer’s liability that, despite not being explicitly contained within the Labor Code, has been recognized by the jurisprudence of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.