Hi All.
In my recent trip to the DR I was talking to a friend who works for a well known ice cream chain in the DR. Her salary is very low (2500 pesos a month for a 6 day work week) and with the current devaluation its bordering on ridiculous. I asked her why she wouldn't look for another job. She said that she's tried but there are very few jobs in the Cotui area. What was shocking to me was that her revelation that a couple of the places she applied for a job the guys that "interviewed" her just flat out told her that they would give her the job if she slept with them, so she's given up looking for employment in Cotui, and will wait until she finishes college. Now, I know that a lot of bosses sleep with their subordinates in the DR, but I guess I'm a little shocked at the boldness of these guys. I thought that normally the boss would start throwing hints around, etc...and see if she took the bait, but according to her this was a flat out "if you sleep with me, I'll give you the job, otherwise NO." She also told me she knows a store in Cotui where the owner's son sleeps with all the girls that work there. They have to is they want to keep their job.
My question is, are there any laws against sexual harassment in the DR? Even if it just on the books?
I know that in a country where the newspaper ads read like "Looking for secretary...must be good looking, age between 20 and 25, etc..." people wouldn't do anything about this, but I just wondered...
Very infuriating...
In my recent trip to the DR I was talking to a friend who works for a well known ice cream chain in the DR. Her salary is very low (2500 pesos a month for a 6 day work week) and with the current devaluation its bordering on ridiculous. I asked her why she wouldn't look for another job. She said that she's tried but there are very few jobs in the Cotui area. What was shocking to me was that her revelation that a couple of the places she applied for a job the guys that "interviewed" her just flat out told her that they would give her the job if she slept with them, so she's given up looking for employment in Cotui, and will wait until she finishes college. Now, I know that a lot of bosses sleep with their subordinates in the DR, but I guess I'm a little shocked at the boldness of these guys. I thought that normally the boss would start throwing hints around, etc...and see if she took the bait, but according to her this was a flat out "if you sleep with me, I'll give you the job, otherwise NO." She also told me she knows a store in Cotui where the owner's son sleeps with all the girls that work there. They have to is they want to keep their job.
My question is, are there any laws against sexual harassment in the DR? Even if it just on the books?
I know that in a country where the newspaper ads read like "Looking for secretary...must be good looking, age between 20 and 25, etc..." people wouldn't do anything about this, but I just wondered...
Very infuriating...
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