Minimum wage goes up on 15 August 2019
The minimum wage increase passed by the National Salaries Committee goes into effect on 15 August 2019. It will benefit employees from the non-sectorized private sectors. Sectorized workers of the export free zone and hotel sector have a different wage scheme. Likewise, while the law is specific that this is an increase in the minimum wage, it is a frequent practice for companies to increase wages of workers that make more than the minimum wage.
The new minimum salary levels for companies worth more than RD$4,000,000 goes from RD$15,447.60 to RD$17,610. Those worth more than RD$2,000,000 but less than RD$4,000,000 go from RD$10,620 per month to RD$12,107 and those less than RD$2,000,000 go to RD$10,730.
Daily agricultural workers will now earn RD$400 a day for a ten-hour day and security guards will now earn RD$15,000 per month.
The hotel and free zone sectors have yet to announce any wage increases.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Aug 16, 2019
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