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Minimum Wage 2022

Newsletter #126 / December 2021

Governmental Agreement 278-2021 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
establishes the minimum wage as follows:

The agreement will become effective as of January 1, 2022.
In the following link you can find the reports and data that support the setting of the
Minimum Wage for the year 2022.


For more information, please contact:
• Luis Mazareigos Luis.Mazariegos@carrillolaw.com
• José Pedro Aguirre Jose.Aguirre@carrillolaw.com
• Katherine Rodríguez Katherine.Rodriguez@carrillolaw.com

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