Next Wednesday, December 4, the executives of the National Council of the Private enterprise (Conep) will go to Senate of the Republic to make their proposals regarding the project that seeks to modify the Labor Code.
Caesar Dargamexecutive vice president of Conepexplained to Free Diary that, prior to deposit in the National Congress of the project of labor reformthe representative organizations of the employer sector They expressed verbally and in writing to the Minister of Labor, Luis Miguel De Camps, that they do not agree with his presentation to Congress, due to observations on the text of the project and the need to agree on additional issues to make the reform truly transcendental and modernizing.
“We are summoned to go to the Senate next Wednesday and, in that scenario, we will make our proposals,” he said.
The theme of layoff remains the main obstacle to the materialization of the labor reform. The union centers have already visited the National Congress, where they established their views on the document with the agreed aspects, after having met.
“We believe that we must strengthen that dialogue and the employer sector It can do so by validating that consensus that was developing for a year and a half in the Labor Advisory Council, with the participation of the Minister of Labor as leader of the tripartite group,” said Jacobo Ramos, president of the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD). .
He added that they have warned the legislators that he project which is deposited in the Senate “it is the result of consensus and what harm would Congress do in ignoring that dialogue because they would do a disservice to democracy and the country.”
Ministry of Labor
Recently, the Minister of Labor, Luis Miguel De Campsstated that all the aspects presented in the project of law of labor reformdeposited on October 10 in the Senatehave been discussed within the framework of the Labor Advisory Council.
Laura Peña Izquierdo, president of the Employers’ Confederation of the Dominican Republic (Copardom), told Diario Libre that they recognize that the deposited document includes the tripartite consensus, leaving other issues pending, such as the modification of severance pay. On the other hand, Fernando Puig, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santiago, considered yesterday that if the bill that modifies the Labor Code is approved without changes, an important opportunity would be lost to improve the working conditions of workers. collaborators. The business leader understands that it is necessary to modify the initiative in some aspects, including unemployment.
