Labor Minister Jose Ramon Fadul has said that his Ministry will indict companies that do not comply with the Labor Code’s maximum quota of 20% foreign workers. Diario Libre reports that he specified that this does not just apply to Haitians, but includes other foreigners working in middle range positions in companies, especially Cubans, Colombians and Spaniards, who are displacing Dominicans. The ministry is collecting data from companies that are not abiding with the law so they can be indicted. This is aimed at preserving jobs for Dominican citizens.
El Caribe indicates that some companies have already been indicted, although no names were disclosed. Fadul stated that business associations and union centers have been warned about compliance with the Labor Code which establishes a maximum quota of 20% for foreign workers. The Ministry of Labor is performing a formal labor market census in the construction, agricultural, free zone and sugar cane sectors, to determine how many foreigners are in these segments of the labor market.