He Ministry of Job announced this week a increase 30 % to salary minimum of household workers and employees Domestica measure supported by homes They hire these serviceseven though they wonder how these increases will manage keeping the benefits extras granted in addition to admission, such as passages or royalties.
“I understand that he Government want to do those Increasesbut that is difficult to control because, in general, those services They are verbal contracts, “said Silvia Henríquez.” That will apply more in the case of agencies, where the employee is subcontracted, “he observed.
The 35 -year -old girl has been paying services Domestic to one worker To clean, cook and wash clothes twice a week, from 7:30 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon.
He started paying him 3,500 pesosbut she and her husband have been adjusting the salary to take it to 8,000 pesos Today.
To this, Henríquez adds the payment of vacation and double salary. 30 % implies an adjustment of 2,400 pesos, something that Henríquez would be willing to increase, although he questioned that she has not perceived a increase in its own salary, which exceeds 100,000 pesos.
Helena Figueroa, one doctor who has hired employees domestic Since he became a mother, he understands that increase based on salary minimum It is fair, but for her to apply it in her personal case, she would need to have the contribution of her daughters, now adults.
Figueroa pay 12,000 pesos for an employee Clean, cook and wash The clothes during the morning and afternoon, not including asleep. However, he points out that she gives her the passage for the transfer from and from her home, in addition to a gift for vacation And the double salary.
Homes that exceed the salary minimum
Others homes consulted assured that the increase to the salary minimum (which averages 10,000 pesos) does not affect them, because they already pay between 20,000 and 27,000 pesos in services Domestic.
“That was before the pandemic that appeared who worked for you between 11,000 and 13,000 pesosnow nobody does in that market, “said Julia Ceballos.
In your personal case, She pays 20,000 pesos For an employee to attend his 96 -year -old mother, in home tasks, which implies being on the lookout for the older lady.
“It’s a increase valid, but there are already in the market wages superiors“Ceballos said.” No one is going to attend to a aging for 13,000 pesos, “he settled.
That worker He stays with his mother from Monday to Friday and includes asleep. In addition to that, his passage, double salary and vacation.
To be able to pay for it, Ceballos Divide the monthly payment among its four brothersthat each contribute around 7,000 pesos, both to pay her, and another employee who is aware of her mother, from Friday to Sunday.
Marcos Vásquez shares a similar situation. His father suffered a vascular accident 11 months ago, so his family decided, for five months, to help a Domestic that is exclusively responsible for Take care of itfeed and bathe it.
Vásquez and his four brothers each contribute 5,400 pesos per month To round up 25,000 pesos per month that the worker Set, plus the 2,000 pesos that are given for your passage, for a total of 27,000 pesos. They also include lunch and food.
Therefore, the increase proposed by him Ministry of Job It will not affect you, because what costs to double the salary minimum For household workers.
A increase legitimate
Before the legal questions, he minister of JobEddy Olivares, explained that the resolution established by a increase to the salary minimum to household workers and employees Domestic does not modify the code Jobbut it complies with its article 455.
In the aforementioned article, the National Salary Committee (CNS) to set rates wages Minimum for all the country’s economic activities – including the domestic – and make the place adjustments, so the measure is according to the Dominican Constitution.
“It is good to emphasize that the first resolution of the salary minimum For the home workers sector, it was in August of 2022, which is very importantly after the period of two years for revision, so this adjustment meets the legal mandate that the National Salary Committee has, “said the minister.
He said that the Constitutional Court did not declare unconstitutional in 2023 the resolution set by the salary minimum To these workers, but determined that the process followed to establish other resolutions did not adjust to what was established by law, which is why it was repealed.
“In this case, we talk exclusively about fixing the salary minimumwhich is a legitimate, necessary and, above all, fair measure to dignify historically unprotected work, “he emphasized.
