Last night, the Honduran government set the salary adjustment for 2010 to a seven percent increase. The former executive director of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), Benjamin Bogran, said the new minimum wage increase by the Government was the “right decision.” According to the employer, with the new salary adjustment, the government is […]
Honduran unions have planned a series of actions over the next two weeks to protest four issues: the national minimum wage, a law suspending pay increases for teachers, restrictions on pay increases for other public employees, and the use of temporary workers. Representatives of the labor federations, teachers’ organizations and the National Popular Resistance Front […]
Congress approved for 36 months, a law allowing companies to hire part-time staff, despite opposition from labor unions. The opinion has advanced substantially, with some modifications, said Congressman German Leitzelar, coordinator of the commission to “socialize” with the unions, sponsored by the National Congress president, Juan Hernández. The initiative was admitted to the full Legislature […]
The manager of the National Electricity Company (ENEE), Roberto Martínez Lozano, said that the increased price of energy in Honduras is not due to a “rate hike” but the application of a fuel adjustment, which is protected by law. The official reaction is in response to the work stoppage by union members as an act […]
The leaders of the working class on Thursday stressed they will not accept any compensatory bonus, as announced by President Porfirio Lobo Sosa. “We have decided not to accept the 2010 bonus or anything like that.” … “The law clearly states that there should be a percentage adjustment to the minimum wage for workers in […]