Bolivian workers may get 15% increase on seniority bonus

Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: By increasing the minimum wage Seniority bonus rises 15% Work. Businesses Reject increase and announce study to see the impact of the measure. The increase from 8.5% to 15% have basic and the national minimum, made automatically upload the seniority bonus of a worker up to 15% in all…

Bolivia private sector without agreement on salary increase for 2015

La Prensa reports: DIFFERENCES PRIVATE WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON SALARY The Confederation of Private Employers of Bolivia (CEPB) noted that they don’t know about the wage increase proposal submitted by the industry and asks that the negotiations on this issue be tripartite. The president of the organization that brings together the private sector, Daniel Sanchez, said…

Compare your salary earnings with the rest of the world!

Just for comparison, I used the salary level of $363 dollars per month, this application let you change it. You are welcome to try: If you see at the bottom of the graph you will see how little we earn as compared to other countries… we are far away from being the Swiss economy… as…

Salaries and redistribution

Rodolfo Erostegui writes in Pagina Siete: Salaries and redistribution The negotiation on wages should become a pretext of the three social partners on the creation of decent jobs and the equitable distribution of national income. But generally they only end up discussing over the amount they have to increase on the wage. This year seems…

Bolivian salaries only enough to feed our families… and the rest…?!

From El Dia: Evaluation on the unequal distribution of the income Cedla: wages in the country just enough to eat Reality. Worker’s wages in Bolivia spends more on food and has 39% incidence in the basic basket. An evaluation of the Center of Studies for the Labor and Agrarian Development (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo…