The termination certificate: a means of settling the salaries of employees in private companies

The historical antecedents of the settlement act in Ecuadorian labor law flourish as a legal institution of Roman law that was inserted in the Labor Code as a substantive rule and not as a legal definition. However, it allows the worker to challenge it through the courts. The objective of the research is to substantiate the settlement act as a means to liquidate assets of workers with dependency on private companies