The minimum wage increase passed by the National Salaries Committee goes into effect on 15 August 2019. It will benefit employees from the non-sectorized private sectors. Sectorized workers of the export free zone and hotel sector have a different wage scheme. Likewise, while the law is specific that this is an increase in the minimum wage, it is a frequent practice for companies to increase wages of workers that make more than the minimum wage.
The new minimum salary levels for companies worth more than RD$4,000,000 goes from RD$15,447.60 to RD$17,610. Those worth more than RD$2,000,000 but less than RD$4,000,000 go from RD$10,620 per month to RD$12,107 and those less than RD$2,000,000 go to RD$10,730.
Daily agricultural workers will now earn RD$400 a day for a ten-hour day and security guards will now earn RD$15,000 per month.
The hotel and free zone sectors have yet to announce any wage increases.
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Diario Libre
14 August 2019