Three Playa del Carmen hotels will be investigated for their finances over the past five years after being reported by the CROC union for failing to pay their workers profit sharing.
Regarding this, the CROC delegate in this municipality, Uri Carmona, said that negotiations were attempted with the hotels, but due to their negative responses and attempts to evade their responsibility to the workers, legal proceedings were initiated.
“In the end, we couldn’t reach an agreement with three hotels, so we used this instrument provided by law with the Treasury to request an audit. They review not only this year, but also up to five years in the past,” Carmona explained.
He also reported that, despite the expected low season, the hotels are not laying off workers; on the contrary, they are trying to maintain their full staff to provide quality service during the peak season in December.
“The (hotel) companies have opted to retain their workforces because they know the peak season is very close—we’re talking about a couple of months away—so they’re opting to keep their staff to be able to offer their quality standards,” the union leader stated.
In April, Uri Carmona, CROC union representative in the Riviera Maya, reported that some hotel companies had already begun filing zero tax returns with the intention of evading the mandatory payment of profit-sharing taxes to workers.
Source: reportur
