Costa Rican government employees earn up to 50% more than their peers in the private sector, and they have announced marches and strikes because they want to earn even more.
EDITORIAL
In Costa Rica, a country of 4.5 million inhabitants of which 20% live in poverty, there are 1,600 government officials whose monthly salaries are over $10,000, some reaching up to $70,000 a month.
The National Wages Council has approved the increase which will take effect from July 1 and will affect nearly 1.2 million private sector workers.
According to Zayda Solano, president of the National Wages Council the increase which corresponds to the adjustment for the second half of 2013, was adopted by the majority.
"The government made a proposal to respect what unions and employers had agreed.
The National Training Institute (INA in Spanish) in Costa Rica will build a new headquarters in Heredia providing IT training programs as well as subjects such as food, environmental management, and languages.
The establishment will be 4900 square meters, and its opening is planned for September 2011.
According to an article by Andrea Rodriguez in Elfinancierocr.com, "The site will be used to teach everything about the configuration of network services, networking and internet protocols,, Cisco network systems, and training in IP telephony including wireless networking, and IP cameras .
Costa Rica has a deficit of some 2,300 professionals with technical skills, and the shortfall in human resources is causing problems for both national and foreign-based companies.
Many companies have been unable to find candidates for posts in areas such as programing, database management and network security.
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