Working in the Dominican Republic

Some of the things provided by the labor laws here that are different:

• An extra month's salary at Christmas--that is, workers get double pay that month.
• Six weeks before a baby's birth and six weeks after the baby's birth a woman gets paid leave.
• A worker gets three days paid leave upon the death of a parent, sibling, offspring, spouse, or grandparent.
• You get five days paid leave when you get married.
• A man gets two days paid leave when his wife or companion gives birth.
• Severence pay is huge. It accumulates from year to year, but is always based on the salary paid in the last year of work.
  
• A person gets 14 vacation days a year for the first five years, then four more after that.
• There are about a dozen paid holidays during the year.

There are a wide variety of minimum wages, depending on who the employer is and the type of work it is, rather than just one minimum for everyone.

The employees of a profit-making company share something like 10% of the profits. I'm not sure of the exact amount.

Despite these additions to the regular salaries, wages remain very low for the majority.