Following on from its report yesterday on the overall increase in the government payroll, today’s Diario Libre, Tuesday 21 October 2014 focuses on the areas where the main increases are taking place.
In the last two years, the Ministry of Education (MINERD) has taken on 31,317 new employees, an increase of 20.5%, and the monthly payroll was increased by 69.6% to RD$3,159.8 million.
In the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance there has been an increase of 9.2% in the number of staff from 59,298 in August 2012 to 65,457 in August this year. The monthly payroll has increased by nearly 20% and is now at RD$1,535.3 million.
In contrast, the Ministry of Foreign Relations has decreased the number of personnel by 25.5% or 922 fewer employees over the last two years, and is now employing 2,695 people. However the monthly payroll has only been reduced by 3.3% and currently stands at RD$137.9 million.
The Ministry of Agriculture has also reduced staff over the past two years, by 6.8% but the monthly payroll has increased over the same time period by 16.4%.
All other ministries have increased both in the number of employees as well as monthly salaries. In the case of Tourism, there has been a 52.5% increase in staff over the last two years, from 731 to 1,115 and an increase in monthly payroll of 73.6% over the same time period.
The Industry and Commerce Ministry has increased staff by 189.9% to 1,096 and payroll by 70.8%.
http://www.diariolibre.com/economia/2014/10/21/i846421_ministerio-educacin-incrementa-nmina-317-empleados-activos.html