Every two years the Ministry of Labor, business and labor sector interests meet to discuss adjustments to the minimum wage. These discussions are due now. Business groups are again calling for a precise classification of the micro, small and medium enterprises that are grouped here as Mipymes. Those affected say that the categorizing of these businesses should be based on their economic realities, and should be defined before discussions resume on the minimum wages paid in these different classifications.
The National Association of Industries in Herrera (Anieh) and the Federation of Industrial Associations (FAI), together with other business groups, announced that they would file an appeal before the Constitutional Court to reject the calling of the start of discussions of the minimum wage committee issued by the National Salary Committee.
The chief of the Herrera business association, Leonel Castellanos, said that establishing minimum wages before classifying the Mipymes would endanger the sustainability of the companies and discourage informal businesses from going legit.
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El Dia
19 February 2019