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Resolution 02/2021: minimum wage increase in hotels, casinos, restaurants and other gastronomic establishments

By José Jeréz, Associate. On the occasion of Resolution No. 02-2021, dated 12 November 2021 issued by the National Wages Committee, the minimum wage in the Dominican Republic was increased for workers rendering services in hotels, casinos, restaurants, bars, cafés, nightclubs, pizzerias, pica pollos, fast food businesses, chimichurris, ice cream parlours and other unspecified gastronomic...

DGII: notice to Non-Financial Obligated Entities

By Iris Villafaña, Junior Lawyer The National Committee Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (CONCLAFIT) on 30 July 2021 issued Resolution No. 01-2021. This resolution updates the administrative fines provided for in Articles 74, 75 and 78 of Law 155-17. In this regard, the DGII has informed the new amounts of fines for Non-Financial...

Ethics and reputational risk: profitability for companies

The term ethics comes from the Greek “éthos”, which referred to the character of people in ancient Greece. However, this word evolved and began to refer to the way human beings act, in terms of correct or good behaviour. In this way we can establish that nowadays ethics refers to the behaviour of the person...

The role of Industrial Property in eco-innovation

By: Magdalena Almonte and Aidaluz Pimentel. Summary: Eco-innovation, or innovation aimed at reducing the impact on the environment, is a global priority today in order to mitigate the harmful effects caused by industry, with industrial property playing a major role in encouraging the creation of sustainable inventions, disseminating available technology, and ultimately providing a greater...

Interview with José Cruz Campillo by Latin Counsel

José Cruz Campillo, managing partner of Dominican law firm Ulises Cabrera, is a highly regarded lawyer with more than 30 years in legal practice. He specialises in agency and distribution, corporate law, foreign investment, free zones, labour, as well as intellectual property and telecommunications. Cruz Campillo talked to LATIN COUNSEL about his experience in the...

Announcement of admission of messages digital platforms as means of evidence

By judgment no. 2381/2021 dated 31/08/2021, the Supreme Court of Justice established that instant messaging via WhatsApp or any other digital platform, such as Twitter, Teams, Zoom, Telegram, among others, allows users to have free communication, due to the fact that they can send written messages, voice notes, video recordings, images, contacts, etc. It is...

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