The labor minister affirmed yesterday that the private sector had created 147,414 new formal jobs during the new government. This figure has allowed the Dominican Republic to have more formal jobs than before the Covid 19 pandemic.

The records of the Social Security Treasury (TSS) support this data. In effect, it shows that in February 2020, there were 1,494,470 workers in formal jobs in the private sector at the start of the pandemic. There were 1,530,832 by the end of 2021.

On December 7, through the National Wage Committee (CNS), the Ministry of Labor ordered an increase of 21% on the national minimum wage for workers of the export processing zones sector, effective as of January 1, 2022.

Under the powers conferred by Articles Nos. 452 to 464 of the Labor Code and its Internal Regulation No. 512 dated December 10, 1997, the CNS ordered to fix the mentioned salary at RD$13,915.00 (approximately US$245.00).