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Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance Of Just Cause For Employee Terminations

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court recently issued a decision reaffirming the importance of just cause for employment terminations in Puerto Rico.

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico New Act 29-2025: Essential Employer Obligations For Breastfeeding/Pumping Activities

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,"...

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Clarifies Limits For Unjustified Dismissal Under The Workers' Compensation Act

On June 26, 2025, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court (PRSC) issued an opinion in Méndez Ruiz v. Techno Plastics Industries, Inc., 216 D.P.R. ____, 2025 TSPR 68 (2025), determining whether the defendant had "just cause"...

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Littler Mendelson

New Puerto Rico Fair Internships Act

On December 22, 2022, the Puerto Rico Governor signed into law Act No. 114-2022 ("Act. No. 114") which seeks to provide certain rights for individual who participate in internship programs and/or

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Reichard & Escalera

Labor And Employment Update

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Reichard & Escalera

With The New Year, Puerto Rico Enacts New Legislation Facilitating Remote Work And Providing Exemption To Airlines Opening Operation Hubs On The Island

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Littler Mendelson

Extreme Measures: How Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy Caused A Radical Change To Its Public Pension Retirement Systems

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Wolf Popper

Sports-Related Employment Law Updates In Puerto Rico

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Littler Mendelson

Informal Caregivers In Puerto Rico Do Not Need To Satisfy Threshold Requirements For Requesting Work Schedule Changes

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Governor Amends Workers' Compensation Act To Provide Reduction Of Employee Premiums For Safe Workplaces

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Littler Mendelson

Nullified Ab Initio: What Employers In Puerto Rico Need To Know About The Decision To Nullify The New Labor Reform Bill (Act No. 41-2022)

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Department Of The Treasury Announces 2023 Limits On Qualified Retirement Plans

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Employers Offering Internship Programs Must Comply With New Law

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Treasury Department Takes Action In Response To Hurricane Fiona

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Setting Evidentiary Standards: What Employers Need To Know After Puerto Rico Supreme Court's Employment Discrimination Ruling

Puerto Rico Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico New Act 29-2025: Essential Employer Obligations For Breastfeeding/Pumping Activities

Puerto Rico Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Two New Acts Addressing Arbitration And Preferences For Veterans

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance Of Just Cause For Employee Terminations

Puerto Rico Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico High Court Confirms Employers Need To Check NLRA Preemption Of Local Employment Law Claims

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Puerto Rico Update: New Employment Benefits Approved

On June 20, 2022, Puerto Rico's governor signed Act No. 41, which modifies several of Puerto Rico's current employment statutory entitlements, providing greater employment...

Puerto Rico Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Puerto Rico Enacts New Legislation On Remote Workers Of "Out-Of-State" Employers

On June 30, 2022, the governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act No. 52 (Act 52-2022), which amended the concept of "engaged in trade or business" under the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code...

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Secretary Of Labor And Human Resources Issues Opinion On Criteria For Defining Microenterprises, Small And Medium Businesses For Purposes Of Act 41-2022

Last month, Puerto Rico's governor approved Act 41-2022, which includes a series of amendments to Puerto Rico's Act 4-2017, better known as the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (LTFA)...

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Department Of The Treasury Announces 2022 Limits On Qualified Retirement Plans

On January 14, 2022, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 22-01 (CL IR 22-01) announcing the applicable 2022 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans.

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Littler Mendelson

Booster Mandate: Covered Employees In Puerto Rico Must Comply By January 31st

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Rules On Damages Calculations Involving Double Penalties And Alternate Income Streams

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Governor Issues New Executive Order Providing For New Vaccination Mandates

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Law Raising Minimum Wage To $8.50 Per Hour Starting In 2022

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Governor Issues Executive Orders Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Dealing With Missing Participants In Terminating Puerto Rico 401(k) Plans

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Pandemic Assistance Packages And Their Effect On Christmas Bonus Exemption For Private Employers

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Enacts Law Extending Maternity Leave To Mothers Adopting Children Ages Six And Older

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico State Insurance Corporation Issues 2020-2021 Risk Classification Manual With Important Modifications

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Extends Due Date For Coronavirus-Related Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Pandemic Assistance Packages And Their Effect On Christmas Bonus Exemption For Private Employers

On November 16, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources ("PR DOL") issued Circular Letter No. 2020-05.

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Enacts Law Extending Maternity Leave To Mothers Adopting Children Ages Six And Older

On August 8, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Hon. Wanda Vázquez Garced signed into law House Bill No. 2424 ("Bill No. 2424")

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico State Insurance Corporation Issues 2020-2021 Risk Classification Manual With Important Modifications

On July 1, 2020, the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation ("SIF") announced the automatic extension of the deadline for employers to file the Payroll Statement for fiscal year...

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Extends Due Date For Coronavirus-Related Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans

On June 23, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (commonly known by its Spanish-language name, Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico, or Hacienda) issued Circular Letter of Internal Revenue No. 20-29...

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Employers In Puerto Rico: Don't Forget To Renew Your Workers' Compensation Insurance Policy

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Extends Due Dates For Retirement Plan Tax Reporting And Withholding Obligations Due To COVID-19

To help ease the administration of retirement plans in Puerto Rico during the coronavirus outbreak, on March 24, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury...

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

U.S. DOL Issues Additional Questions And Answers On The FFCRA Which Directly Impact Puerto Rico Employers

On March 26, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued additional questions and answers (Q&As) that further explain employer and employee rights and responsibilities under the federal Families First...

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Department Of Labor Issues New Opinion Regarding Employee Compensation And Available Leaves During The COVID-19 Emergency

On March 23, 2020, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources issued Opinion No. 2020-02 (Opinion 2020-02) discussing provisions applicable to both exempt...

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Issues Guidance For Disaster Relief Distributions From Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans Due To 2020 Earthquakes

In response to the earthquakes that since January 6, 2020, have shaken Puerto Rico, on February 18, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury...

Puerto Rico Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Puerto Rico Treasury Department Issues Post-Earthquake Rules For Qualified Retirement Plan And IRA Distributions And Loans

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Department Of Treasury Grants Tax Exemptions For Employer-Provided Payments And Certain Benefits To Employees And Independent Contractors Related To The Recent Earthquakes

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Déjà Vu: Puerto Rico Plan Limits For 2020 Largely Track U.S. Plan Limits

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Puerto Rico Department Of The Treasury Announces 2020 Limits On Qualified Retirement Plans

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Guidelines On The Interpretation Of Puerto Rico's Employment Legislation, Chapters 6 And 8

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Treasury Again Extends Deadlines to Request Federal Employee Retention Benefit After Hurricanes Irma And María

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Guidelines On The Interpretation Of Puerto Rico's Employment Legislation, Chapters 1-3

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico DOL Announces That Employers Must Submit Unemployment Tax Returns Electronically

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Treasury Department Changes Tax Reporting On Act 80 Payments Made During Tax Year 2018

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Law Authorizes Pay Deductions As Repayment For Employer-Provided Emergency Aid

Puerto Rico Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Executive Order Increasing Minimum Wage For Construction Workers In Government-Funded Construction Projects

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico: New Act Extends The List Of Authorized Deductions To Non-Exempt Employees' Wages

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Puerto Rico Department Of The Treasury Issues Guidance On The Federal Employee Retention Benefit For Certain Employers Affected By Hurricanes Irma And Maria

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Employment Law Reform In Puerto Rico: Take Two

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New Act In Puerto Rico Establishes A Special Paid Leave For Employees Suffering From Catastrophic Illnesses

Puerto Rico Employment

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Littler Mendelson

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