Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic scores 1.91/6.0 on the OECD employment-protection strictness index.
Dominican Republic scores 1.91/6.0 on the OECD employment-protection index - below the OECD average of about 2.0.
#52/72 · OECD 1.91/6. OECD EPL.
Employment Protection Composite
One composite verdict from 1 of 3 independent sources, each percentile-benchmarked against every rated country. A missing source never lowers the score -- its weight redistributes to the sources this country actually has.
Benchmarked against p10-p90 of every country rated by that source. See our methodology for the exact benchmark table and weights.
What the Data Shows for Dominican Republic
Americas. Covered by 1/3 tracked datasets. The OECD EPL overall strictness index is 1.91/6.0, where higher values indicate stricter rules on individual and collective dismissal.
Detailed tenure-based notice and severance data is not published for Dominican Republic in the current release, so readers should rely on the aggregate scores above and consult national statutes for specifics.
All figures on this page are sourced from official ILO, World Bank, and OECD datasets with explicit citations next to each table. Re-check this page when new releases are published, as indicators can shift year over year.
Countries with similar labor-regulation profiles
Two peer sets for Dominican Republic on metrics that vary across the full country corpus, not regional containment. The nearest EPLex block below stays on the ILO composite; these neighborhoods use B-READY, OECD, or statutory-duration axes.
Similar OECD EPL strictness
Nearest countries by OECD employment-protection index (1.91/6 here).
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Primary sources: ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY, OECD EPL.
PlainEmploy is rendered directly from the OECD Employment Protection Legislation indicators, the ILO EPLex database, and the World Bank B-READY labor pillar, no number is typed in by an editor. This country's composite scores and comparisons are computed directly from the underlying OECD/EPLex/B-READY tables, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-30.