Termination Of Employment Contracts By Employer's Decision

After any given person has been working in a company for a certain period, it may be possible that such employment relationship comes to an end for dif‌ferent reasons, whether as a result of direct dismissal, termination by mutual consent of the parties, employee resignation, or any other fair causes set forth in Article 111 of the Honduran Labor Code.

However, what is the dif‌ference among the dif‌ferent types of mechanisms mentioned in the foregoing paragraph in order to terminate the employment relationship between the employer and the employee?

We must begin by analyzing direct dismissals; this mechanism takes place when the employer decides to end its relationship with the employee. This type of termination may be classif‌ied into: (1) dismissal with cause (2) wrongful dismissal.

A dismissal with cause takes place when the employee incurs in severe misconduct, e.g. violent action during his/her work shift, breach of contract, or any of the situations set forth in...