The business sector hopes that a dialogue can be opened in the National Congress to once again address the issue of unemployment, since it understands that without a modification to that piece there would not be an updated Labor Code like the one that has been aspired to.
“I hope that space is made in Congress so that we can talk about unemployment. We are going to request it“said yesterday the president of the Employers’ Confederation of the Dominican Republic (Copardom), Laura Peña Izquierdo.
He recalled that for the issue of severance pay, employers have proposed several alternatives, so they do not intend, he noted, to eliminate this acquired right.
He insisted that the severance structure must be modified to reduce the labor costs that companies have.
He said that the labor cost is not only due to unemployment, but there is also social security and occupational risks, which increases the workload of companies, so it is necessary to adapt the code to the reality of the costs that exist today. in day.
Peña Izquierdo spoke at a meeting with the press where he announced the twenty-second Copardom Prevention Congress.
The event will be developed under the theme of Occupational Health and Safety Management in Disruptive Environments.
