Karla Prendas, legislator from the National Liberation Party (PLN), the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) and the union of the Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports (INCOP) reported harassment in the entity.
They reported the installation of surveillance cameras to constantly monitor employees, guidelines that prevent workers from remaining in the institution after the departure time and transfer of personnel to other units without legal basis.
According to the complainants, the harassment occurs since Lianet Medina took over as INCOP’s CEO in 2015.
This is a situation that I have been reporting for months in the plenary and in the Committee of Puntarenas. We will not allow officials to be chased and harassed, mainly for political reasons, while the execution of works remains paralyzed due to the presidency’s lack of direction and vision,”
said Prendas.
Albino Vargas, secretary general of the ANEP, acknowledged that there is environment of fear and uncertainty in the institution.
There is a hierarchical detachment, which somehow is hindering the achievement of corporate goals. Furthermore, it feels a kind of impunity when this is reported because labor proposals are not being considered,”
said Vargas, who added that the situation comes from the highest levels of INCOP’s management.
Today, working in INCOP is extremely difficult. Some officials have received verbal and written warnings without relevant legal content, and others were fired without employer responsibility,”
said Marcela Lizano, vice president of ANEP-INCOP’s sectional.
Lianet Medina resigned on July, 21st due to an alleged “lack of support”.