NewsWhore
07-09-2008, 03:10 PM
Despite the fact that salary demands are widespread, the business community has not managed to reach a unified front on the issue. According to Diario Libre, the president of the National Council for Business (CONEP), Lisandro Macarrulla, has said that he favors an across-the-board minimum wage increase for both the public and private sectors. In contrast, the head of the Dominican Employers' Confederation (COPARDOM), Maribel Gasso, says that this is not the time to talk of wage increases. Gasso based her statement on the fact that the Labor Code says that the minimum wage should be revised every two years, and only 14 months have passed since the last wage increase. Gasso's comments seem to complicate the situation for the workers, because Copardom is responsible for working out and approving the proposals for increases in the minimum wage that come from the Committee on Salaries. Meanwhile, labor leader Gabriel del Rio says that a 50% increase in the minimum wage is needed for workers who earn less than RD$6,000 per month.
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