Download and share The National Wages Committee held a session the past Tuesday April 11, 2023, and set forth a 20% increase in the minimum wages of the workers for industrial free zones, divided in two stages: (1) A first stage with immediate application as of May 2023, equivalent to 15%, for a minimum wage...
Ulises Cabrera have been recognized by the British directory The Legal 500, as one of the Leading Firms of the Dominican Republic. Ulises Cabrera, law firm with over 50 years of experience, has been ranked in the practice areas of Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment, Real Estate and Tourism and...
Click here to watch the live transmission on Youtube Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. With the participation of outstanding experts, the Ulises Cabrera law firm, a pioneer in real estate and tourism issues, held its firs colloquium on judicial boundary-defining and the challenges and perspectives of the new proposed regulation for application of Law No.108-05 on...
On September 1st, the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro-Consumidor) issued Resolution No. 1579-22 which purpose is to demand mandatory compliance with the Dominican Standard (NORDOM) 53 on general labeling of prepackaged foods. In that sense, in summary, the resolution: 1) reiterates the provisions contained in NORDOM 53, particularly the content and...
Success is determined by your actions. This is something that we can summarize from the interview that was conducted with our managing partner, José Cruz Campillo, as part of the international program, Young Partners Retreat Latam. In this space, he talked with Eduardo Paiz, a partner at Bolder Consulting, about some advice for those lawyers...
The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) issued ruling SCJ-PS-22-0717 which establishes that banks cannot deduct debts from workers’ salaries without prior notice, unless an authorization agreement has been established between both parties. Learn more about this decision and how it affects the salary of workers and the employer, in the face of outstanding debts with...
NOTICE LAW 254 OF NOVEMBER 11, 2021 OF PANAMA Extends the obligations to maintain Accounting records and supporting documentation to Panamanian companies. Author: Dimisel Hernández, associate. The Republic of Panama has enacted Law 254 by which it obliges companies of Panamanian nationality that: (i) do not carry out operations within Panama (“Offshore”); or, (ii) are...
By José Jerez, Associate. By Resolution No. CNS-03-2022 dated April 18, 2022, the National Wage Committee approved a 24% adjustment to the minimum wage for workers in the construction and related industries, of which 21% will be effective as of the effective date of said Resolution and the remaining 3% as of October 1, 2022....
On April 19, 2022, Decree 125-22 came into force, which regulates processes related to the registration of cosmetics and personal and household hygiene products, as well as the control and supervision procedures related to their commercialization, whose provisions in summary are shown below: 1) It provides a definition of Cosmetic Product and Personal Hygiene Product,...
Author: Dimisel Hernández, associate. The General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) has issued General Norm No. 07-2022 dated March 29, 2022, which regulates the form of presentation, registration and safekeeping of certified proof of payment by Notary Publics. The same becomes effective 180 days after its publication. Rule 07-2022 provides that Notaries Public may only...
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