Chamber of Deputies ups wages

[NewsWhore]

The Chamber of Deputies has announced a 15% pay raise for staff earning less than RD$30,000 per month. Chamber president Julio Cesar Valentin said that when the Executive Branch increased public employees' salaries last year, staff at the Chamber of Deputies did not benefit. The minimum wage at the Chamber is RD$10,000. Valentin said that the proper handling of the Chamber of Deputies' budget had resulted in sufficient funds to cover the pay increase. Valentin added that before the President ordered the salary increase for state workers, the legislature's lower chamber had already provided its staffers with 10-15% wage increases and in some cases even more. Plus, they were also awarded what is now called the "14th salary" to be used to pay for children's school supplies in July and August.

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