He Ministry of Labor woke up this Sunday night suspension of work in public and private sectors that had been issued by the passage of the Storm Melissaa phenomenon that has already become a category 4 hurricane.
The incorporation into the working day is only for the provinces that are in yellow alert and green. It does not apply to the four that were placed in red by the Emergency Operations Center: Barahona, Flints, Independence and Bahoruco.
“Raise the suspension of work in certain provinces and maintains the suspension in others due to the passage of Melissa for the Dominican Republic“, states the document from the governing body of the country’s labor sector.
The measure is contained in the resolution number 12-2025, issued this Sunday October 26 of 2025.
- The resolution will come into force as soon as it is published in the digital portal of the Ministry of Labor“so that it can be known by workers and employers.”
This Sunday, the Government announced that the country was beginning to return to normality and ordered the reopening of work and teaching, which was also suspended. It was the longest suspension of work in the country after COVID-19.
Not working since Wednesday afternoon
Both public and private work were suspended from Wednesday the 22nd starting at 1:00 in the afternoon in the National District and nine provinces as a precautionary measure against the passage of the tropical storm. Melissa.
Provinces on alert
He COE has in red alert to Barahona, Flints, Independence and Bahoruco, demarcations in which the suspension of workwhich will be lifted “automatically as soon as the Emergency Operations Center (COE) exclude these provinces from the red alert“.
He COE maintains the levels of yellow alert for him National District and 12 provinces: San José de Ocoa, Samaná, Dajabón, Azua, Monte Plata, Elías Piña, San Cristóbal, San Juan, Peravia, Monseñor Nouel, Santo Domingo and La Altagracia.
While you are 14 provinces are in green: La Vega, Santiago RodríguezMaría Trinidad Sánchez, Santiago, Espaillat, Duarte, Mirabal Sisters, Monsignor Nouel, Sánchez Ramírez, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana, El Seibo and Hato Mayor.
