The Chamber of Deputies has increased employees’ salaries by between 10 and 40% effective from this month.
Department directors will now receive RD$130,000 gross salary per month and managers RD$90,000.
Chamber president Abel Martinez said that they had adjusted the salaries of employees who had joined the institution as secretaries and assistants, but were still on the same salary although they had become more qualified and progressed.
He said that some employees with more than 15 years service used to earn less than RD$15,000 and he felt that they deserved to be rewarded for their hard work and service to the country. He clarified that the increases were for staff only and not contractors and that they were able to increase their salaries by making cuts and optimizing their resource management.
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