On Tuesday, ahead of submitting the proposed budget, the Ministry of Finance published a technical note and some fiscal projections for 2027. In this technical note, the Finance Ministry states that next year there will be no salary increases, salary adjustments, or...
The increase in gasoline and diesel prices could be passed on to the price of food and other products in El Salvador because of the higher cost of transporting goods, economists warn. This week, fuel reference prices rose $0.17 per gallon. In the central region,...
Nuevas Ideas once again rejected Marcela Villatoro’s proposal to reduce the workday to 7 hours. This comes as the government and the private sector discuss extending the workday to 11 hours. For context, the Higher Labor Council is analyzing a proposal to extend the...
Vamos lawmaker Claudia Ortiz asked the Legislative Assembly to reform the Free Trade Zones Law to create a fund so that factories benefiting from this law can set up a guarantee fund to draw on in the event of maquila closures or layoffs. Ortiz made the proposal while...
The Collective of Trade Unionists in Exile announced the launch of the Early Warning System for Labor and Trade Union Rights (SAT), a tool created to identify, document, verify and follow up on situations that may threaten or violate the rights of the working class...
The Salvadoran Union Unity (USS), which is taking part in the Higher Labor Council debate with a position in favor of the “modernization” of work schedules, maintains that the changes must be optional, respond to the nature of each economic activity and arise from...
