Labor law and the status quo of labor practices in Venezuela

[Boojatta]

If a private company is expropriated by the government of Venezuela, then after high-level employees are replaced, do the remaining employees have a status officially or unofficially like that of a tenured professor in a college or can any employee who was hired when the firm was private be dismissed at any time, for any reason, such as for questioning company policy among fellow employees during unpaid off-work hours or doing volunteer work for a political party that is not the governing party of Venezuela?

[Solon]

1. Uhm, no, all those practices are forbidden by the Venezuelan Constitution...

Under Title iii, if you must know. Indeed, as a state run company, the Government would be under more restrictions in how they treat employees than private owners. Private owners could possibly retaliate against employees who speak out against company policy, even in the off hours, with the employee in question having no legal recourse. However, for a State Run Company, the employees would have such a right under the Constitution itself, stated explicitly and enforced through the courts, so if the Company in question did try to enforce such a rule, the employee could then seek legal recourse, through the courts, by suing the State.

[Boojatta]

2. I'm more generally more interested in case law than in legislation.

In places where there is no case law, I'm interested in well-documented information about court judgments and strong evidence as to what actually influenced a court.

"the employee could then seek legal recourse, through the courts, by suing the State"
How much does that cost and is it a reasonable option for someone who has recently lost his or her job?