Overview
- The Órgano de Administración Judicial issued termination notices that were decided on June 26 and took effect Tuesday, June 30, removing 43 specialized social‑work analyst posts across 31 IFDP delegations.
- Those analysts produced socioeconomic studies, expert social‑work reports and vulnerability assessments that feed legal strategy and determine who gets free public defense, and their removal risks slowing or weakening those protections for users.
- Most of the dismissed staff were long‑serving women, including mothers and workers near retirement, and several employees suffered acute distress when the notices were handed out.
- After protests, union talks and legal challenges, the IFDP reinstated 18 of the 43 workers following the Sindicato de Trabajadores del Poder Judicial’s intervention, while remaining terminations are contested and unexplained.
- IFDP delegations have formally reassigned social‑work duties to administrative staff and the Servicios Periciales, a move framed as an operational fix that experts warn could reduce technical capacity and delay access to justice for vulnerable people.