{"id":50339,"date":"2011-12-07T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=50339"},"modified":"2011-12-07T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:01:29","slug":"daic-advocates-full-trading-on-january-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/daic-advocates-full-trading-on-january-3\/","title":{"rendered":"DAIC advocates full trading on January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37826\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37826\" title=\"achilles joseph\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/achilles-joseph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/achilles-joseph.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/achilles-joseph-117x113.jpg 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DAIC CEO Achille Chris Joseph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) is once again putting its full support and advocacy behind open trading on the traditional \u201cMerchants\u2019 Holiday\u201d this January 3rd, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The DAIC has repeatedly advanced that \u201cMerchants\u2019 Holiday\u201d is not a dies non in the Commonwealth of Dominica and, as such, any decision to close has to be at the determination of the employer.<\/p>\n<p>The Association is therefore advocating full trading on January 3rd, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>CEO of the DAIC, Achille Chris Joseph said, \u201cTraditionally, the colonial employer closed to the public on January 2nd so that he could count his stock. In those days, businesses all ran a January to December fiscal year so it was necessary to confirm stock levels at the beginning of the year. Today, this is not a necessity. With the advent of electronic storage of inventory data, a business can know its stock at the push of a button. But quite apart from closing to the public, workers usually worked inside counting stock. So for many workers, it was not a holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the subject last year, Joseph, said, \u201cMerchants\u2019 Holiday in general and the fact that it falls on Sunday this time around may just be the opportune time for social partners to look at the totality of non-productive breaks in Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On reflection, he now says that the DAIC raised the debate in 2010 and invited social partners to contribute to a discussion on the relevance of \u201cMerchants\u2019 Holiday\u201d and come to a consensus, but some commentators saw it as a fight and the ensuing exchange of words achieved nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The plethora of leave provisions in Dominica are already alarming and include the following:<\/p>\n<p>Every Sunday &#8211; 52 days<br \/>\nOther Public Holidays &#8211; 12 days<br \/>\nMinimum Vacation &#8211; 12 days<br \/>\nMaternity Leave &#8211; 72 days<br \/>\nCertified Sick Leave &#8211; 36 days<br \/>\nIndustrial Injury &#8211; 156 days<br \/>\nCompassionate Leave &#8211; 2 days<\/p>\n<p>Other leaves provided for in industrial agreements include:<\/p>\n<p>Jury Services<br \/>\nSporting Activities<br \/>\nPaternal Leave<br \/>\nUnion Leave<br \/>\nStudy Leave<br \/>\nFamily Emergencies<br \/>\nUncertified Sick Leave<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we speak of productivity and competitiveness in an environment of such negative drivers?\u201d the CEO asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) is once again putting its full support and advocacy behind open trading on the traditional \u201cMerchants\u2019 Holiday\u201d this January 3rd, 2012. 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