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07-16-2008, 03:40 PM
More voices are calling for an increase in the minimum wage in both the public and private sectors. Gloria Henriquez, director of the National Salaries Committee (CNS), admitted that the current conditions required discussions about an increase in the minimum wage, but first the CNS has to be notified by either the management sector or the trade union sector in order to put the issue on the agenda. Henriquez was speaking during an interview outside the Ministry of Labor.
The Labor Code only authorizes the CNS to debate the minimum salary for the private sector, and says that this item should be looked at every two years, but that under special conditions it can be reviewed within a shorter timeframe. Henriquez says that the "special conditions" exist right now. The president of the Management Confederation of the Dominican Republic, Maribel Gasso, has repeatedly said that this is not the time to talk about increasing salaries, and cites the two-year clause in the Labor Code. Nonetheless, Lisandro Macarrulla, the head of the National Business Council (CONEP) has said that salaries could be reviewed now. Macarrulla is joined by Julio Cesar Valentin, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and Monsignor Benito Angeles, the secretary of the Dominican Council of Bishops. Recently, the monsignor called for a general increase in the minimum wage for both public and private employees. Valentin said that he was confident that the President would deal with the wage issue in his speech tomorrow.
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The Labor Code only authorizes the CNS to debate the minimum salary for the private sector, and says that this item should be looked at every two years, but that under special conditions it can be reviewed within a shorter timeframe. Henriquez says that the "special conditions" exist right now. The president of the Management Confederation of the Dominican Republic, Maribel Gasso, has repeatedly said that this is not the time to talk about increasing salaries, and cites the two-year clause in the Labor Code. Nonetheless, Lisandro Macarrulla, the head of the National Business Council (CONEP) has said that salaries could be reviewed now. Macarrulla is joined by Julio Cesar Valentin, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and Monsignor Benito Angeles, the secretary of the Dominican Council of Bishops. Recently, the monsignor called for a general increase in the minimum wage for both public and private employees. Valentin said that he was confident that the President would deal with the wage issue in his speech tomorrow.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)