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[quote=”costaricafinca”]The website for [url=http://www.ministrabajo.go.cr/]Labor laws & Salaries[/url] seems to be down..again. Anyone know what the increase is, this year?[/quote]

Hi – I was just researching this for myself yesterday and found the following in the Tico Times archives:

Minimum Wage to Increase in January
Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010 – By Chrissie Long
Costa Rica’s minimum wage will go up by 2.63 percent in January, affecting some 1.5 million workers in the private sector. It will be the second increase within a two-month period.

Costa Rica’s minimum wage will increase by 2.63 percent on Jan. 1, 2011, the Labor Ministry announced Thursday.

The increase is due to a rise in the country’s inflation rate, but has been kept low in order not to stimulate the loss of more jobs.

“The government has considered many factors: first, this number corresponds with the amount lost in purchasing power … second, it takes into consideration that we are in a very delicate time in which we have lost a great number of jobs – 7.8 percent or the equivalent of 166,000 people,” said Costa Rica’s Labor Minister Sandra Piszk in a statement.

Costa Rica’s minimum wage varies based on skill and education level, but for an unskilled worker it is set at ¢7,200 ($14) per day, which will increase to ¢7,390 (the equivalent of a ¢3,800 ($7.60) raise over a one-month period). The minimum wage was last raised by 3.41 percentin July, affecting some 1.5 million workers.

Hope this helps

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Here is the on-line highway status report from MOPT

http://www.transito.go.cr/estadorutas/index.html

[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]Searched, but couldn’t find a past post with info.
Is there a reliable onlne updated source that tells us if the road is open all the way through? I’m driving in from Manuel Antonio, and would like to pick it up near Orotina and make into town, Thanks![/quote]

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