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Haiti - FLASH : Minimum wages all details
01/08/2017 09:22:26

As of Tuesday, August 1, the minimum wage of 350 gourdes enter into force, for those who provide 8 hours of work per day in assembly industries export-oriented manufacturing and other export-oriented (Article 5 Segment F of the decree published on 28 July 2017 in Special Issue 23 of the Official Journal "Le Moniteur"].

Minimum wages, extracts from the decree :

Article 1 (Segment A) :
Minimum wage fixed at 400 gourdes per day of 8 hours of work in: private production of electricity; Financial institutions (banks, transfer houses, insurance companies); Telecommunications; Import-export trade; Supermarkets; Jewelers' shops; Art Galeries ; Furniture, furniture and appliances stores; Physicians' office, polyclinics [...]

Article 2 (Segment B) :
Minimum wage of 350 gourdes per day of 8 working hours in the sectors: buildings and public works (BTP); Truck and heavy equipment rental companies; Building materials rental companies; Construction materials transport companies; Hardware store; Other financial institutions (cooperatives, caisses populaires, manufacturing industries oriented to the local market [...]

Article 3 (Segment C) :
Minimum wage set at 290 gourdes per day of 8 working hours in: hotels and restaurants; Agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries; Agricultural products processing industry; Retail trade except supermarkets, jewelry stores, cosmetics and clothing stores [...]

Article 4 (Segment E) :
Minimum wage set at 290 gourdes per day of 8 hours of work, as home service personnel.

Article 5 (Segment F) :
Minimum wage of 350 gourdes per 8-hour working day in export-oriented assembly industries and other export-oriented manufacturing industries [Contested and trade union demand of 800 Gourdes]

Article 6 (Segment G) :
Minimum salary of 300 gourdes per day of 8 hours of work in private security agencies and petroleum product distribution companies.

Article 7 (Segment H) :
Minimum wage of 350 gourdes per day of 8 hours of work in private vocational schools and private health institutions employing more than 10 people and offering hospital services.

To know all the sectors and companies concerned, download the decree : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/arrete-salaire-minimum-juillet-2017.pdf

HL/ HaitiLibre