The President of the Republic, Luis Abinaderheaded yesterday the relaunching of the program “RD-Work“, along with the national day of employment: “You employment is here”, in which 66 companies They made 7,012 formal vacancies available for people from all over the country.
Abinader stressed the importance of initiatives such as the installation of Moon Palace hotelwhich in its pre-operation phase will hire 3,500 employees.
“Moon Palace is a Mexican company foreign investmentand that is why the Government is so active in promoting investment, not only because it brings new currencies to the country, but because generates jobs for Dominicans, of increasingly better quality,” he said.
Likewise, he announced that this weekend he will inaugurate two new industrial warehouses in the free zone of San Juan de la Maguanaas part of the government’s commitment to promote employment in all regions.
“That’s the government function: create the conditions, both for national and foreign investment, so that they generate job opportunities“he stated.
“The economy is advancing and that is why new jobs are being created in national companies”President of the Dominican Republic
For his part, the minister of Job, Eddy Olivaresdescribed the day as “a day of hope, commitment and action”, and highlighted that the program symbolizes the continuity of a State policy aimed at placing the decent work and formal at the center of national development.
He stated that the country has a unemployment rate close to 5%, one of the lowest in the region. “But we are not satisfied. With the day we started today (yesterday), and with the momentum of RD-Workwe will continue to reduce that percentage, and at the same time, we will increase labor formality, until we reach the goal of 50% of formal jobs,” he assured.
He highlighted that the job It is not just a means of subsistence. “He job is dignityit is independence, it is freedom. And when a Government commits to creating formal jobs, what it is really doing is building citizenship, social justice and well-being”.
He Conep
On the subject, the president of the National Council of Private Enterprise (Conep), Celso Juan Marranziniindicated that the formal employment It is the best instrument to combat poverty, strengthen social mobility and consolidate development.
“Every company that participates today (yesterday) is contributing not only to create places of jobbut also to build opportunitiesstability and hope,” said Marranzini.
He said that the companies Dominicans have demonstrated resilience and commitment: betting on investment, training and innovation, even in times of global challenges.
The owner of the Conep highlighted that there is something that they are very clear about and that is that employment It is not generated by decree; is generated with trust, productivity and collaboration.
working day
So much Abinader as Olive Groves reported that this work day It is the first of many that will be carried out in the different regions of the Dominican Republic.
