Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi has signed into law changes reversing portions of the 2017 employment reform law.House Bill 1244 (HB 1244) rolls back and changes the statutory probationary ...

If approved, effective in 2019, the proposed employment law reform bill would repeal Act No. 80, Puerto Rico’s unjustified dismissal statute, making Puerto Rico an employment-at-will jurisdiction.

Puerto Rico Department of Labor Issues First Comprehensive Guidelines on Employment Laws by: Tatiana Leal-González , Juan Felipe Santos of Jackson Lewis P.C. - Publications Friday, May 10, 2019 ...

Podcast discussion on Puerto Rico employment law aspects including statutory entitlements and protections for employees, whether exempt or non-exempt ...

How Restrictive Labor Laws Keep Puerto Rico’s Economy Down. Jun 19, 2018 3 min read ... implementing “at-will employment” making Puerto Rico the equivalent of a right-to-work state.

Although Spanish and English are the official languages of Puerto Rico, Spanish is predominant. 3. Fixed-term contracts. There are no statutory limits under US federal or Puerto Rico labour law on the ...

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain voided a 2022 Puerto Rico labor law, a win for the Puerto Rico ... pointing to the three-month probation period it offered as encouraging employment.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board filed suit against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi regarding a labor law it says reduces the island's economic growth and government revenues. The board is challenging Act 41 ...

Prior to 1974, Congress held Puerto Rico’s minimum wage below that of the mainland, a sensible policy given the commonwealth’s lower level of economic development and labor productivity.