Puerto Rico

New and Updated

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Training and development

  Updated to include new measures for internships, effective December 27, 2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to reflect proposed new rules for disclosing information for job positions, considering criminal history during recruitment and childcare obligations for employers, and new measures for internships effective December 27, 2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Equal opportunities

  Updated to include information on employees who are certified medical cannabis patients.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect changes to Puerto Rico labour laws relating to sick pay, the mandatory annual bonus, and record-keeping requirements, under Act 41-2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to reflect changes to Puerto Rico labour laws relating to discrimination, under Act 41-2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Termination of employment

  Updated to reflect changes to Puerto Rico labour laws relating to the just cause for dismissal, unjustified dismissal, redundancy and contesting dismissals, under Act 41-2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Contracts of employment

  Updated to reflect changes to Puerto Rico labour laws relating to probationary periods, fixed-term contracts, written statements of terms of employment and the variation of contracts, under Act 41-2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Employee rights

  Updated to reflect changes to Puerto Rico labour laws relating to rest breaks and rest periods, holiday and holiday pay, part-time workers and fixed-term workers, under Act 41-2022.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Health and safety

  Updated to include information on plans to control the exposure of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the workplace.

• Type:

  International

  Puerto Rico: Useful online resources

  Enhanced to include information on official data services.