Labor loophole closed

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez has signed Law 187-07 that seeks to put a stop to an unfair loophole that was affecting businesses. Law 187-07 establishes that employers who have paid worker severance payments on an annual basis up to 1 January 2005 are no longer liable for this payment. Several companies had been affected by labor suits, in which lawyers ignored the annual payments that had been made to the employees, and insisted on requesting full severance payment.

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