None of the four minimum wages established in the Dominican Republic for the non-sectorized private sector allow workers to cover the cost of the national basic food basket. Only one of them, the one paid by large companies, gave them, until last April, the opportunity to fully purchase the goods and services of the first quintile, the most basic of the five income brackets. Although the minimum wage for large companies in the non-sectorized pri…
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None of the four minimum wages established in the Dominican Republic for the non-sectorized private sector allow workers to cover the cost of the national basic food basket. Only one of them, the one paid by large companies, gave them, until last April, the opportunity to fully purchase the goods and services of the first quintile, the most basic of the five income brackets. Although the minimum wage for large companies in the non-sectorized pri…