Ius variandi, ejercicio, y límites en los sectores público y privado. Serie de investigaciones en derecho laboral n.° 21

The employer as a creator of sources of employment has a wide margin of decision on the way in which he can organize the activities of the workers he hires, for which he has the power of subordination and, derived from this, with the ius variandi, which is the power to unilaterally vary some aspects of the employment contract, objectively and with a view to meeting certain purposes of the organization.

To the extent that this power of ius variandi is not regulated in law, and its development as a legal figure has been in jurisprudence, it is important to know what has been said regarding its scope and limits, in order to establish the conditions in which can be exercised in such a way that it fulfills its purposes and respects the rights of workers.

This book is the result of a research project carried out by the Labor research center of the Externado University of Colombia, where, based on the jurisprudence of the three high courts, what the ius variandi consists of, what modalities it has, how it has been determined. operated and what limits the employer has in public and private secrets when he decides to apply said figure.