He president of the Republic, Luis Abinaderwas asked about the “stagnation of the bill of labor reform“which courses in National Congress due to unemployment, to which he replied that there is no such obstacle.
“I do not see that the Labor Code is stagnant. He Labor Code It is barely two weeks old (it was deposited in Congress), gentlemen, and it has to be discussed and agreed upon among all sectors, and where it has to be discussed is in the National Congress with all the legislators,” the president said during LA Semanal con la Prensa.
The Executive Branch, through the Ministry of Labordeposited on Thursday, October 10, before the Senate of the Republic, the bill modernization and updating of the Labor Codewhich seeks to expand the rights and improve the relations between workers and employers.
Under the new proposal, after a period of continuous employment of three years or more, the employee would be entitled to 15 working days of vacation with enjoyment of salary. This is one more than today.
The bill also includes the regulation of telecommuting.
The unemployment
The project was deposited without layoffs, an aspect that the labor sector demands be discussed.
He minister of laborLuis Miguel De Camps, stated that, after the approval in the National Congress of the reform project Labor Codethey would open a new tripartite dialogue to debate and reach consensus on the layoff.
Unemployment is a benefit payable by the employerwhose purpose is to constitute a saving in favor of workerwhich you can use when you become unemployed.
It is established as a acquired right for workers in article 80 of the Labor Code from the Dominican Republic. Currently, the money of the layoff must be paid in a term from 10 days to workeras established by the current code, which dates back to 1992.
According to Rafael -Pepe- Abreu, president of the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS), and the businessmen They do not propose the elimination of this right, but rather that they place a cap on that compensation economic that the worker.
