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Hondurans Under The Minimum Wage
TEGUCIGALPA - About 736,000 Hondurans
continue receiving less than the minimum
wage set during the government of President
Manuel Zelaya, according to official figures
of the Labor Ministry.
According to Labor Deputy Minister Carlos
Gomez, 83.6 percent of employees in the
business sector are not properly paid.
The Zelaya administration set the minimum
wage at 5,500 lempiras (291 dollars) for
workers in the urban sector and 4,055 (214
dollars) for those in rural areas.
However, many companies allege problems to
pay this amount and started massive layoffs.
Gomez explained that this year so far 5,000
Honduras have been sacked and 585 others
presented their resignations.
The secretary of the United Workerâ�Ös
Confederation Israel Salnas considered that
private enterprise has sufficient funds to
increase the salaries of their workers.
Negotiations between employers and unionists
to work out a salary adjustment were
suspended and the government is expected to
unilaterally set a new minimum wage. |
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