So far, the effects of this provision that called on companies to take advantage of the legality in contracts with foreigners are unknown.
Next Monday will be one year of ultimatum what did he give Government to the businessmen what for regularize the immigration status of their employees noting that those companies that do not take advantage of this provision could receive sanctions ranging from fines of five to 30 minimum wages.
During a press conference in which members of the National Migration Councilwhich took place at the Palace of the Presidency, the Minister of the Interior and Police, Jesus (Chu) Vasquez, said that this institution and the Ministry of Labor they would remain vigilant that the country’s companies complied with the articles 135 to 140 of the Labor Code in which the proportionality of foreign workers hired is established, which must be from 80% to 20%, that is, 80 percent of the employees of the companies must be Dominicans and the other 20 percent foreigners.
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“The Business and national employers who require the services of foreign citizens are aware of the obligation to comply with the immigration provisions…”, said the Council’s statement.
However, as of today, November 23, 2022, the follow-up actions to this decision adopted by the Government against Haitian illegal immigration, which is mainly used in the construction and agricultural sectors of the country, are still unknown. It is also not known if there were companies penalized for illegally employing foreigners.
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The response of businessmen to the Government
Months after the Government’s disposition, the Association of Industrialists and Merchants of Santiago (ACIS) broke an agreement with the representation of the Haitian Consulate in that province in which they promised to facilitate the necessary conditions and demanded by the Dominican State so that immigrants could work calmly in the country, at least in that province.
It is recalled that, at that time, the General Directorate of Migration warned that this agreement was invalid since it did not have the endorsement of the Dominican Government.
Regarding the current situation, in the face of the deportation operations carried out by the General Directorate of Migration, the businessmen assure that these will directly or indirectly affect the actions of various sectors, however, they have expressed their support for the actions of the Dominican Government and his rejection of the statements of the United States Embassy in the country.
