He sector Business received yesterday the proposal Officer of representatives of the workers of a increase 30 % to salary Minimum of the sector private not sectorized for this 2025.
“He sector Union brought one proposal In writing about the increase wagewhich we immediately have it for the purpose of analysis With our economic team, “said Laura Peña Izquierdo, president of the Dominican Patronal Confederation (CPARDOM) after concluding the first meeting of the National Committee of Wages (CNS).
The president of the CPARDOM added that, although they still do not have a proposal defined, they are preparing to discuss with all sectors represented within the Confederation, since the impact of a increase wage It varies between them.
He dialogue Tripartite will continue next Wednesday, February 12. According to the Labor Code, this year corresponds to review the wages minima. The rule Indicates that it must be done every two years.
30 %
It is the proposal of the union centrals for the debate of the salary increase in the country.
Jacobo Ramos, president of the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), stressed that the proposal of a increase wage 30 % is still standing and that the scheduled meeting for next Friday was postponed because businessmen alleged that they could not attend. Instead, the call for the aforementioned date was arranged.
The union leader said that they hope that in that meeting the businessmen present a proposal concrete, since “the country, workers need an response to inflation in recent years.”
Peña Izquierdo recalled that the last increase wage It was implemented on April 1, 2023 and, therefore, there is still time within the established cycle. “We knew that this year was going to be convened, but we still have a space for time before the two years of the last increase“, accurate.
What does Copardom propose?
As for the percentage of the increasesaid there are no definitive decisions by the sector business, since evaluations are being carried out to understand the impact of a possible increase in the different sectors.
“We do not now have any value judgment to tell them publicly what a percentage that we would accept, “he explained, highlighting the diversity of sectorwhich includes organizations that represent the industrial and commercial and the MSMEs,
“We have to touch the doors of all these directives, their executive committees and others, and their economic teams to evaluate how it affects each sectorbecause a increase wage It affects different from each of the sectors, “he emphasized.
After the proposal of President Luis Abinader to increase the minimum wage to employees by 20%, the union representatives went to the National Salary Committee meeting with a request to raise these salaries by 30%. If the 30 % increase to the minimum wage to the employees of the large companies is applied, they would receive 32,487 pesos each month, instead of the 24,990 pesos they receive. With 20 %, the income would rise to 29,988 pesos. Those of medium -sized companies, with an increase of 30 %, would go from 15,351 to 19,956.30 pesos. With 20 %, it would rise to 18,421.20 pesos. Microenterprise employees would go from 14,161 pesos to 16,993.20 pesos, if the increase is 20 %, already 18,409.30 pesos with an adjustment of 30 %.
