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  "id": "nexus-ext-1-0005-317504",
  "citation": "Res. 00825-2022 Sala Segunda de la Corte",
  "section": "nexus_decisions",
  "doc_type": "court_decision",
  "title_es": "Sobresueldo de riesgo policial para guardaparques",
  "title_en": "Hazard pay for park rangers",
  "summary_es": "La magistrada Varela Araya emite un voto salvado en el que discrepa de la decisión mayoritaria de la Sala Segunda de la Corte. Considera que los guardaparques tienen derecho al pago retroactivo del sobresueldo por riesgo policial, pues su labor implica una peligrosidad incluso mayor que la de otros cuerpos policiales. Argumenta que negar este beneficio vulnera el principio de igualdad salarial, ya que realizan funciones de protección y vigilancia en condiciones de alto riesgo similares o superiores a las de los policías que sí reciben dicho sobresueldo. El voto aborda también el reconocimiento de diferencias salariales en vacaciones y salario escolar, así como su correspondiente indexación e intereses. Se trata de una postura minoritaria que reivindica la equiparación de los guardaparques con otros servidores que desempeñan funciones policiales en el ordenamiento jurídico costarricense.",
  "summary_en": "Justice Varela Araya issues a dissenting opinion disagreeing with the majority decision of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court. She holds that park rangers are entitled to retroactive payment of hazard pay, as their work involves even greater danger than that faced by other police forces. She argues that denying this benefit violates the principle of equal pay, since rangers perform protection and surveillance duties under high-risk conditions similar to or exceeding those of police officers who do receive such pay. The opinion also addresses the recognition of wage differences in vacation pay and school bonus, together with indexation and interest. It is a minority position affirming that park rangers should be treated on par with other public servants carrying out police functions under Costa Rican law.",
  "court_or_agency": "Sala Segunda de la Corte",
  "date": "2022",
  "year": "2022",
  "topic_ids": [],
  "primary_topic_id": null,
  "es_concept_hints": [
    "sobresueldo",
    "riesgo policial",
    "guardaparques",
    "principio de igualdad salarial",
    "salario escolar",
    "aguinaldo",
    "indexación",
    "voto salvado"
  ],
  "concept_anchors": [
    {
      "article": "Art. 8",
      "law": "Ley del Servicio de Parques Nacionales"
    },
    {
      "article": "Art. 9",
      "law": "Ley del Servicio de Parques Nacionales"
    },
    {
      "article": "Art. 16",
      "law": "Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre"
    },
    {
      "article": "Art. 54",
      "law": "Ley Forestal"
    },
    {
      "article": "Art. 91",
      "law": "Ley General de Policía"
    }
  ],
  "keywords_es": [
    "riesgo policial",
    "guardaparques",
    "principio de igualdad salarial",
    "no discriminación",
    "diferencias salariales",
    "salario escolar",
    "aguinaldo",
    "indexación",
    "intereses",
    "voto salvado"
  ],
  "keywords_en": [
    "hazard pay",
    "park rangers",
    "equal pay",
    "non-discrimination",
    "wage differences",
    "school bonus",
    "Christmas bonus",
    "indexation",
    "interest",
    "dissenting opinion"
  ],
  "excerpt_es": "La suscrita considera procedente el pago retroactivo del sobresueldo de riesgo policial, al encontrarse los guardaparques en una situación incluso de mayor de peligrosidad que la de simples policías de otros cuerpos policiales que existen en nuestro sistema.",
  "excerpt_en": "The undersigned considers the retroactive payment of police hazard pay to be appropriate, given that park rangers find themselves in a situation of even greater danger than that of ordinary police officers from other law enforcement bodies existing in our system.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Dissenting opinion",
    "label_es": "Voto salvado",
    "summary_en": "Justice Varela Araya dissents from the majority and recognizes park rangers' right to hazard pay, as well as to payment of differences in vacation and school bonus with indexation and interest.",
    "summary_es": "La magistrada Varela Araya disiente de la mayoría y reconoce el derecho de los guardaparques al sobresueldo de riesgo policial, así como al pago de diferencias en vacaciones y salario escolar con indexación e intereses."
  },
  "pull_quotes": [
    {
      "context": "Voto Salvado",
      "quote_en": "The undersigned considers the retroactive payment of police hazard pay to be appropriate, given that park rangers find themselves in a situation of even greater danger than that of ordinary police officers from other law enforcement bodies existing in our system.",
      "quote_es": "La suscrita considera procedente el pago retroactivo del sobresueldo de riesgo policial, al encontrarse los guardaparques en una situación incluso de mayor de peligrosidad que la de simples policías de otros cuerpos policiales que existen en nuestro sistema."
    }
  ],
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  "source_url": "https://nexuspj.poder-judicial.go.cr/document/ext-1-0005-317504",
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  "cited_norms_inverted": [
    {
      "doc_id": "norm-12648",
      "norm_num": "7317",
      "norm_name": "Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre",
      "tipo_norma": "Ley",
      "norm_fecha": "30/10/1992"
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      "doc_id": "norm-41661",
      "norm_num": "7575",
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      "norm_num": "6084",
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  "body_es_text": "VOTO SALVADO DE LA MAGISTRADA VARELA ARAYA. La suscrita considera procedente el pago retroactivo del sobresueldo de riesgo policial, al encontrarse los guardaparques en una situación incluso de mayor de peligrosidad que la de simples policías de otros cuerpos policiales que existen en nuestro sistema. PRINCIPIO DE IGUALDAD SALARIAL. PAGO DE DIFERENCIAS EN VACACIONES Y SALARIO ESCOLAR. INDEXACIÓN E INTERESES. [825-22]",
  "body_en_text": "**DISSENTING VOTE OF MAGISTRATE VARELA ARAYA.** The undersigned considers the retroactive payment of the police risk bonus (sobresueldo de riesgo policial) to be appropriate, as park rangers (guardaparques) find themselves in a situation of even greater danger than that of ordinary police officers from other police forces existing in our system. **PRINCIPLE OF WAGE EQUALITY. PAYMENT OF DIFFERENCES IN VACATION PAY AND SCHOOL BONUS (SALARIO ESCOLAR). INDEXATION (INDEXACIÓN) AND INTEREST.** [825-22]"
}