This Monday the president of the RepublicLuis Abinaderpresented to the Dominican nation the points agreed upon by the Government with the employer and union sector on the reform to the Labor Code which will be submitted to the Legislative Branch.
The initiative will be submitted to the National Congress within 10 days, according to the information provided by the head of state.
The three sectors remained in dialogue for two and a half years.
Abinader announced the points at which a consensus had been achieved agreement and said that the parties that were not agreed upon for this modification of the Labor Code They would stay for another reform labor, if an agreement was not reached in the days remaining until the project of reform be deposited in Congress.
When presenting the projectthe ruler pointed out that he is looking for effective mechanisms to apply the 80/20 and promote the nationalization of the job; to deepen the capabilities to promote the formalization of joband the strengthening of the power of the Ministry of Labor to improve compliance with labour regulations.
Agreed points
Incorporation of the telecommuting. The introduction of the modality of telecommuting seeks to attract new talents and it is an initiative to “respond to the current working world.”
“He telecommuting It is a reality accelerated by the pandemic, but it also becomes an evident need for the future of job“, considered the Minister of Labor, Luis Miguel De Camps.
Increase in the license of paternity. “We have agreed on a 100 percent increase in the license for paternity in charge of the company”, said De Camps. Currently, this license consists of two working days and is established in article 54 of Law 16-92 of the Labor Code.
- “And I want to point out this element because not long ago the Constitutional Court ruled on one of the aspects of the Labor Code and ordered the State to take measures so that we can progressively move towards equalisation of licences, consciously.”
De Camps said that an important aspect of these days of leave also means the obligation of the father to inform the company the declaration before the civil status office of the child to also promote the paternity responsible and strengthen the family nucleus.
One-day increase in vacation of the employees. “But we have also managed to reach an agreement in the tripartite government on an increase in the days of vacation from the third year of job”revealed the Minister of Labor.
Improvement of the job domestic. It is intended not to leave any worker behind. Guaranteeing the rights of domestic workers with the improvement of the job domestic according to the Convention 189 of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- The aforementioned convention states: “Convention 189 offers specific protection to domestic workers. It establishes basic rights and principles, and requires States to take a series of measures in order to ensure that job “decent work becomes a reality for domestic workers.” The Convention and Recommendation are based on the fundamental premise that domestic workers are not “servants”, “family members” or second-class workers.
Strengthening of the capabilities of supervision from the Ministry of Labor. “Today and for many years, one of the complaints of the population is that more decisive measures should be taken to strengthen the nationalization of the jobso that more Dominicans can occupy positions of job and that, among other things, the well-known 80/20 is fulfilled. Also the ability to supervision and possible sanctions so that more and better jobs and greater productivity can be achieved,” said the Minister of Labor.
