The Constitutional Court rejects Ministry of Labor’s new domestic help mandate

[Dolores]

The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional Resolution 14-2022 of the Ministry of Labor, which orders employers of domestic help to adopt and harmonize measures related to the improvement of compliance with Article 89 of the International Labor Organization.

The TC ruled on a direct action of unconstitutionality submitted by Luis Vilchez Bournigal:“To accept the action described above, and consequently, to declare Resolution number 14-2022, on the adoption and harmonization of measures related to the improvement of compliance with Convention 189 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), issued by the Ministry of Labor on August 25, 2022, not in conformity with the Constitution, for the reasons stated,” explained the Plenary of the TC in Resolution TC-012022-0041.

Domestic Help Resolution 14-2022, which came into effect on 19 December 2023, establishes that...

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[AlterEgo]

So no more required registration? Can’t say I’m surprised.

 

[SKY]

Neither the employer nor the domestic help were interested in this new law anyway..................Worked well for 50 years, leave it alone...............

 

[JD Jones]

So no more required registration? Can’t say I’m surprised.

I'm heartbroken.

 

[chico bill]

So no more required registration? Can’t say I’m surprised.

Yeah, like anyone had plans to do that..
Hello government I'm over here, come find another way to tax me

 

[AlterEgo]

Trabajadoras domésticas dicen fallo del TC las tomó “por sorpresa” pero se mantendrán en lucha

El Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores Domésticos realizó un llamado al Gobierno dominicano para que, desde allí, “hagan todo lo posible para garantizar los derechos de todas las trabajadoras”.

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[windeguy]

Abinader says the TC decision must be respected, but a legal path will be sought to do justice to domestic work

<p>Santo Domingo.- Following the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the resolution regulating domestic work is unconstitutional, President Luis Abinader has announced that the government will evaluate the decision and consider legal action to ensure justice for domestic workers. President...

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[El Hijo de Manolo]

Abinader says the TC decision must be respected, but a legal path will be sought to do justice to domestic work

<p>Santo Domingo.- Following the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the resolution regulating domestic work is unconstitutional, President Luis Abinader has announced that the government will evaluate the decision and consider legal action to ensure justice for domestic workers. President...

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Now this guy is setting up the folks to override the court's decision. In which case, just get rid of the courts. How easy!

 

[M4kintosh]

Neither the employer nor the domestic help were interested in this new law anyway..................Worked well for 50 years, leave it alone...............

The bill opened an (old) new problem for most dominicans: formalize themselves and pay taxes as "personas fisicas".

As a contractor/persona fisica, domestic workers had the challenge to report income and pay taxes. And for the houseowners this regulation turn them as employers who also had the obligation to declare how much they pay. No one in that their bottom of the society wanted to do that, with few exceptions.

When the "trial mode" began last year was discussed, lots of stories on social media appeared on domesticas not wanting this happen. And lots of people (especially middle class income locals who heavily depend on trabajadoras/domesticas) critisized this measure.