Puerto Rico has enacted a groundbreaking Lactation/Breastfeeding Code that consolidates in one statute the rights of breastfeeding employees and the responsibilities of employers across the Island.
Signed into law on...more
8/11/2025
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On June 23, 2025, Governor Jennifer González signed Act 29-2025, amending Puerto Rico’s Act 427-2000, “Act to Regulate Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Extraction Periods,” and strengthening protections for nursing employees....more
7/9/2025
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The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has reaffirmed that Puerto Rico courts lack subject-matter jurisdiction over employment claims that arguably involve unfair labor practices covered by the National Labor Relations Act...more
6/2/2025
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New Puerto Rico law prohibits discrimination in public services, employment, education, and housing based on protective hairstyles or hair textures often associated with specific racial and national origin identities. The...more
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi has expanded mandatory COVID-19 vaccination to additional private industries effective August 30, 2021.
Private Industries Covered-
Under Executive Order 2021-064 (EO), all...more
The Puerto Rico Senate has approved a bill (Senate Bill 1524) that would reverse some vacation and sick leave provisions relating to private sector employees adopted under the controversial “Labor Transformation and...more
Without requiring employers to make any changes to their relevant, existing workplace policy, on March 18, 2020, the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund extended coverage to those employees who were sent to work from home due to...more
On May 1, the Governor of Puerto Rico issued Executive Order 2020-038 (the Order) effectively extending the existing lockdown order but expanding the scope of services and businesses exempt from limitations on business...more
The Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, Hon. Briseida Torres-Reyes, has issued a memorandum that provides recommendations to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for employees and requires employers to...more
In the wake of the Coronavirus/COVID-19, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (Secretary) announced today the availability of additional unemployment benefits in Puerto Rico for eligible employees, as well as...more
On March 18, 2020, the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation (PR-SIF) adopted additional measures for the benefit of employers in Puerto Rico due to the emergency caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The PR-SIF...more
The Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, Hon. Briseida Torres-Reyes, has issued Opinion No. 2020-01 on the applicable legal provisions and measures related to the employer-employee relationship in light of the...more
3/22/2020
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On May 8, 2019, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (hereinafter, “PR-DOL”) issued the first edition of the “Guidelines for the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation” (hereinafter, the...more