The Ministry of Labor announces a new minimum wage increase for sugar cane industry workers.
Labor Minister Luis Miguel De Camps García explained that the salary for sugar industry workers is divided into two groups: those in the fields and the administrative and manufacturing workers.
The minimum wage for the field workers went from RD$198.23 per day to RD$400 per day, up 101.8%.
The minimum wage for employees in factory and administrative areas was RD$7,663 per month and is increased to RD$15,000, up 97%.
The increase is retroactive to January 2022.
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Diario Libre
16 February 2022