The Executive Branch, through the Ministry of Labordeposited this Thursday before the Senate of the Republic, the bill to modernize and update the Labor Code, which seeks to expand rights and improve relations between workers and employers.
Among the proposals that will be deposited are the actions that will be prohibited to workers, thus modifying article 45 of Law no. 16-92, May 29, 1992.
Below we present it to you:
1. Show up to work or work while intoxicated or in any other similar condition;
2. Carry weapons of any kind during working hours, except for the exceptions established by law for certain workers;
3. Make collections at the place where they provide services, during its hours;
4. Use the tools and supplies provided by the employer in work other than that for which they are intended, or use the employer’s supplies and tools without the employer’s authorization;
5. Make use of electronic devices, during work hours, for purposes other than their work.
6. Extract work tools, raw or processed materials from the factory, workshop or establishment, without permission from the employer;
7. Make any type of religious or political propaganda during work.”
Luis Miguel De Camps, Minister of Labor, highlighted that, after more than 100 work sessions of the Labor Advisory Council, the Legal Technical Table and tripartite meetings, the Dominican Republic will have a modern law, which will strengthen the rights of workers and employers, with greater generating capacity of jobs and increased productivity and competitiveness.
When delivering the document to the president of the SenateRicardo de los Santos, De Camps highlighted that with this new legislation the Ministry of Labor will also have greater capacity to comply with labor regulations.
“What we are depositing here is the product of consensus between workers and employers. Now it is up to Congress to make what was agreed a reality and modify this law, which is more than 30 years old, to provide the country with modern regulations in line with the expectations of workers and employers,” the official highlighted.
De Camps declared that, with this labor reform, a step is taken towards modernizing the regulations, incorporating new rights, recognizing existing ones, expanding others and, above all, strengthening the Ministry of Labor so that it has greater capacity to enforce the law. labor legislation.
For him Ministry of Laborpresent at the activity, Oliver Carreño, Legal Director^; Javier Suárez, Advisor on labor matters and for the Senate, Odalis Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, Senator for Valverde; Dagoberto Rodríguez Adames, Senator for Independence; Guillermo Lama, Senator for Bahoruco and Daniel Enrique De Jesús Rivera, Senator for Santiago.
