Labor Code talks "going slow"
Businessmen and union representatives do not advance on the first issue, the settlement agreement
Argénida Romero
SANTO DOMINGO. The tripartite dialogue on the reform of the Labor Code continued yesterday revolving around details of legal processes in relation to labor settlement agreements, with the clash of positions between the union sector and the businessmen.
In the meantime, the spokesman for the dialogue, Rolando Guzmán, said that they only were dealing with aspects of preliminary procedures for labor demands for regulations regarding evictions from housing occupied under conditions of work contracts; union leader José (Pepe) Abreu said that the discussion was marked by disagreements regarding witnesses in the case of settlement agreements and a real offer of payment.
"The businessman in some way want that when a case reaches a process of settlement the possibility of continuing the lawsuit is annulled," said Abreu, who left some 40 minutes before the end of the meeting behind closed doors held at the Intec University.
According to the president of the National Council of Syndicate Unity (CNUS), the employers refused to accept the proposal that a former employee can serve as a witness in a labor lawsuit and that, in addition, the continuation of a process of a lawsuit not be continued for the totality of the payment demanded by a worker.
"If it is shown that what the worker has asked for is not like that, and the employer is right, the payment of the amount that is shown to be real is assigned. The businessmen want to be freed of this part," said the union leader.
The dialogue, in which the government also participates, will be renewed next Tuesday.
In the meantime, the spokesman for the dialogue, Rolando Guzmán, said that they only were dealing with aspects of preliminary procedures for labor demands for regulations regarding evictions from housing occupied under conditions of work contracts; union leader José (Pepe) Abreu said that the discussion was marked by disagreements regarding witnesses in the case of settlement agreements and a real offer of payment.
"The businessman in some way want that when a case reaches a process of settlement the possibility of continuing the lawsuit is annulled," said Abreu, who left some 40 minutes before the end of the meeting behind closed doors held at the Intec University.
According to the president of the National Council of Syndicate Unity (CNUS), the employers refused to accept the proposal that a former employee can serve as a witness in a labor lawsuit and that, in addition, the continuation of a process of a lawsuit not be continued for the totality of the payment demanded by a worker.
"If it is shown that what the worker has asked for is not like that, and the employer is right, the payment of the amount that is shown to be real is assigned. The businessmen want to be freed of this part," said the union leader.
The dialogue, in which the government also participates, will be renewed next Tuesday.
Argénida Romero
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