Explanation of Article 475
The article clarified the usual reason for the termination of a contract of work, which is the completion of the agreed-upon work. The contract of work ends when the contractor completes the agreed-upon work and delivers it to the employer, whether the subject of the contract is to make something with materials from the contractor or from the employer; for example, if it is agreed that the contractor will make doors or sew garments with materials from him or from the employer. Once the contractor delivers the agreed-upon work and the employer receives it, the contract of work ends.
The principle in a contract of work, even if it stipulates the completion of work within a certain period, is that it is not a time-based contract; time is not an essential element in it such that the remuneration is determined by the duration. However, it may be stipulated in a contract of work that time is an essential element, and it expires with the expiration of its term; as if the employer contracts with a contractor for the maintenance of electrical devices or equipment or elevators for a year; here the contract is a work contract for a year and time is an essential element in it; thus, the contract ends with the expiration of its term.
Related To
Article 475
A contract for service shall terminate upon completion of the agreed-upon work.