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Ministry of Labor Forum On “Employment and Economic Development in the Dominican Republic”<\/STRONG> W<\/SPAN>ith the goal of opening a debate about the different aspects of employment that facilitate equal treatment and equal rights of workers and employers, seen as a guarantee of economic and social development in the country, the Ministry of Labor held its Third Annual Equal Opportunities and Non-Discrimination Forum focused on \u201cEmployment and Economic Development in the Dominican Republic.\u201d <\/P> Minister of Labor, Maritza Hern\u00e1ndez, highlighted the fact that employment is an indispensable condition for the fulfillment of the practical needs of every human being; she called for special attention to women who need to claim their rights and become productive.<\/P> Minister of Labor, Maritza Hern\u00e1ndez, highlighted the fact that employment is an indispensable condition for the fulfillment of the practical needs of every human being; she called for special attention to women who need to claim their rights and become productive. \u201cIn this regard, access to and maintaining employment are fundamental for people to achieve a better quality of life and access to coverage from Social Security and health services that people require throughout their whole lives,\u201d Minister Hern\u00e1ndez pointed out. Hern\u00e1ndez reiterated that employment should be at the center of public policy because it not only constitutes a fundamental right; it also contributes to the national economic development and to people\u2019s individual growth and development. Magdalena Lizardo, Director of the Advisory Unit on Economic and Social Analysis (MEPYD in Spanish), spoke about \u201cself-management of employment as an alternative for decreasing poverty.\u201d Gustavo Guilamo, consultant on matters of social security talked about \u201cSocial Security as a basis of social protection.\u201d Both speakers participated as panelists in the Forum.<\/P> Also lecturing at the forum was Cirse Alm\u00e1nzar, vice-president of the Industrial Association of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), with the subject of \u201cEmployment in an Emerging Economy,\u201d among others. There were trade unionists, businessmen, labor experts and authorities as well as employees from different parts of the Ministry at the Forum which was held in the Yolanda Room of the Ministry.<\/P> Ministry of Labor Forum On “Employment and Economic Development in the Dominican Republic”Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 11\/09\/2013 With the goal of opening a debate about the different aspects of employment that facilitate equal treatment and equal rights of workers and employers, seen as a guarantee of economic and social development in the country, the Ministry … Continue reading “Ministry of Labor Forum On “Employment and Economic Development in the Dominican Republic””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 11\/09\/2013<\/P>
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