El impulso oscilante a los medios de solución extrajudicial de conflictos efectuado por las úlltimas reformas laborales

Abstract

El desarrollo de adecuados sistemas de solución extrajudicial de conflictos laborales ha sido una asignatura pendiente en nuestro sistema de relaciones laborales. La Ley 11/1994, que se ocupó del tema, quedó en un episodio sin continuidad legislativa de modo que el fomento normativo no reaparecerá hasta el RDL 10/2010 y, con él, la Ley 35/2010, el RDL 7/2011 y la LRJS. La reforma de 2012 desvirtúa dichos medios al establecer otros cauces que los neutralizan y valerse de vías de solución extrajudicial que han sido despojadas de su esencia voluntaria.

The development of appropriate systems for the out-of-court settlement of labour disputes has been a subject pending in our labour relations system for some time. Spanish Law 11/1994, which addressed the matter, was finally left at a point with no legislative continuity, and thus any hint of ‘norm-building’ did not reappear until the passing of the RDL (Royal Decree Law) 10/2010 and, along with it, Law 35/2010, RDL 7/2011 and the LRJS (Law Governing Social Jurisdiction). The 2012 reform detracts from those means by establishing other channels that neutralise them and by using methods of out-of-court settlement that have been stripped of their essential voluntary nature.