Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1973)

Articles 8 and 12 of the Convention. Authorized deductions from wages – Final settlement of wages due. The Committee notes the comments of the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS), the Autonomous Confederation of Workers’ Union (CASC) and the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), which were received on 31 August 2011 and transmitted to the Government on 16 September 2011, concerning the application of this Convention. The three Confederations denounce unauthorized deductions from workers’ wages by banking institutions and without the workers’ prior consent, especially for the repayment of private loans or in the form of charges for banking transactions. In addition, the CNUS, CASC and CNTD allege that workers in export processing zones (EPZ) are experiencing delays in the payment of their wages while in some cases EPZ enterprises are suddenly closed down and disappear without settling outstanding wage payments. The Committee requests the Government to transmit any comments it may wish to make in response to the observations of the CNUS, CASC and CNTD.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.