The Ministry of Labor today reminded the labor sector that, as a religious holiday, the Day of Our Lady of Altagraciawhich is celebrated next Tuesday, January 21, is a holiday and is not changed.
Likewise, it indicates that the Day of the Birth of the Father of the Nation, Juan Pablo Duartewhich is celebrated next Sunday, January 26, is not changed either, due to the provisions of Law 139-97.
“In that sense, the public and private sectors “They must return to their daily work on Wednesday the 22nd and Monday the 27th of this month, respectively,” the ministry indicates.
In the note, it is added that the celebration of these dates, in accordance with the provisions of Dominican legislation, must be applied in all establishments of the country.
There is no “bridge”, but the holiday is paid
One of the “work customs” in some companies is to carry out a “bridge” when the holidays They fall on dates that interrupt the work week, thus becoming a long weekend for those who apply it.
This means that, if the 21st, which falls on a Tuesday, is a holiday, some employers They grant Monday the 20th as a day off to their workers
- A work bridge is a period of holidays or vacations that is formed by joining one holiday with another or with a weekend.
However, industries and businesses that need to maintain their operations during the holiday, due to the nature of their work, call their collaborators to work, but they must pay them that day at double their costas indicated in the Labor Code.
He article 165 of said codeestablishes that the days declared non-working by the Constitution or the laws are paid rest for the worker, unless they coincide with the weekly rest day.
While the article 205 indicates that, when by agreement between the parties the worker provides services on a day legally declared non-working, he will receive as remuneration the salary to which he is entitled increased by 100%.
How is it calculated?
For calculate daily salary value For a worker in the Dominican Republic who earns 24,990 pesos per month—the minimum wage of large non-sectorized private companies, in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Labor—the monthly wage must be divided by 23.83, which is the average number of days labor per month according to Dominican legislation.
Therefore, the daily wage of a worker who earns 24,990 pesos per month is approximately 1,048.82 pesos. From this, the company must pay, in addition to the fortnight’s payment of the worker who works on a holiday, 2,097.64 pesos for that day of work.
