A small businesswoman complained via her social media accounts that the judge at the Labor Court in La Vega handed down a sentence that would force her to pay RD$1,667,995.37 to an employee who earned RD$8,000 per month, and who had worked at the company for just three months and 25 days.
Yeidry Reyes Luciano says that judge Odri Reyes Nuñez disallowed the evidence deposited in the court, including bank deposits, Social Security pay stubs and proof that her employee, Salangy Gertrudis Cruz Gomez worked for her and received a salary of RD$8,000 per month and not the RD$40,000 contained in the complaint filed by lawyers José Miguel Tejada Almonte and Juan Tejada Almonte.
The employee’s defense claimed the firing was unjustified and that furthermore the employee was not paid the proper severance fees nor her vacations.
Nonpayment of this huge fine would imply judicial embargoes on her accounts and her company. Reyes Luciano, very indignant, called upon everyone who had a similar experience or had been sued by these lawyers to get into contact with her.
The case is important because it could set a legal precedent.
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Diario Libre
Noticias SIN
1 October 2018
