So far the official highlighted that inspections in security companies have been strengthened. He said that they will present more than 100 security companies, which are the ones that have appropriated the most labor quotas.

He said that they will present to the FGR all the inter-institutional information from the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS), the pension fund administrators, the Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero (SSF), in order to ensure that the rights of workers are fulfilled.

Castro also explained that in El Salvador there are more than 100,000 workers affected by the withholding of labor quotas.

There are about 2,000 companies and institutions, and an equal number of employers that are keeping workers' quotas and that will have to be prosecuted.

This denunciation is defining that any employer who improperly appropriates the legal withholdings of workers will be sued.

He said that the appropriation of labor quotas is a criminal offense that is established in Article 245 of the Penal Code.

The holder of Labor the appropriation of labor quotas, irreversibly affects the workers, due to this illegal action they will not be able to retire in due time.

Translated by: A.M