Private sector employers are offering a 4% pay raise for minimum-wage employees for January 1st, 2010 while private unions and employees are seeking a 7% increase. Read more »
Police officers from all kinds of police agencies (Fuerza Pública officers, immigration police, Policía de Tránsito and even prison guards) are planning to protest today in front of the Ministerio de Hacienda in downtown San Jose (Avenida 2).
As before, they want higher salaries. The probability of salary increases are close to zero as the country is drowning in debt and unemployment rising with each passing day. The country’s export is down as well. Practically all industries, including agriculture (still #1 in Costa Rica) are suffering the results of the world’s economic crisis.
July 13, 2009. The Ministerio de Trabajo reached a decision on the raise for the second half of the year. The public employees will be getting a measly 1.21 % raise. That’s much less than the private employees are getting. The unions are very dissatisfied with such a tiny raise.
The Union Costarricense de Camaras y Asociaciones del Sector Empresarial Privado predicts that the inflation for the year is just 7.5 %, based on Banco Central figures.
Employee representatives first proposed a 6% increase. Then employer representatives backed off their original proposal of 3% and said 2%. The government supported the lower number.
The mandated minimum wage is different for each occupational category.
The salary increase for the whole year is more than 9% when the 7% January increase is added in.
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October 20, 2009 3:24 pm
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