The business sector is willing to take part in the tripartite talks when the National Salary Committee convenes the parties to revise salaries in the country this year. However, the executive vice-president of the National Business Council (CONEP), Cesar Dargam, pointed out that by no means can attention be distracted from the “urgent need” for the amendments to the Labor Code, which is currently 27 years old.
He told reporters from the Diario Libre: “As you know, there is a National Salary Committee that meets every two years, and they are supposed to meet this year, and we are most willing to take part in the talks and to discuss what the conditions will be.”
He noted that the current Labor Code has been in effect for 27 years and that this is a different world, with robotics and many different ways of working. He said that there should be a salary adjustment, but the conditions for such an adjustment must be studied.
He said that nobody wants a worker who is not happy, who is without a safety net or health insurance, because this is reflected in the productivity. Dargam spoke in these terms after the head of one of the major labor syndicates, the Autonomous Classist, Syndicate Confederation (CASC), Gabriel del Rio Done, called for a minimum wage of RD$20,000 and included pensioners who were currently receiving RD$5,100. Both men spoke during the release of the report titled “Dominican Syndicate Agenda” and effort supported by the European Union.
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Diario Libre
22 January 2019
