Workers earning more

[NewsWhore]

Listin Diario reports that 51% of Dominican businesses gave their workers wage increases between November 2007 and March 2008. On average the increases were about 12%, although there were some increases as high as 95% and others as low as 1.5%. The overall increase is 6% lower in comparison to the 2006-2007 period when 57.9% of companies gave their workers pay raises. Reasons for the increases include, but are not limited to, longevity, merit, inflation wage readjustments and quality of work. Also, 73% of businesses say they plan to give workers wage increases, while 27% say they have no plans to do so.

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