This El Diario cartoon (09/15/2016) only portrays the crude reality in the Bolivian labor market: Not only companies were forced to shut down their operations due to the disgusting demagogue of current Bolivian government, regarding the imposition to pay a double Christmas bonus. To begin with, our economy has not increased, the perception of liquidity…
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How many Bolivians are in the global middle class?
From PewResearchCenter: Are you in the global middle class? Find out with our income calculator BY RAKESH KOCHHAR On a global scale, just 13% of the world’s population could be considered middle income in 2011, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of the most recently available data. Most people in the world were…
Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy
From PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy Red Tape Forces Thousands to Scratch a Living in Informal Labor Sector by Roberto Ortiz March 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm Bolivian President Evo Morales has once again come to an agreement with the Bolivian Worker’s Center (COB) to increase their workers pay by…
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…
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