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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100 - Definitions
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) Labor organization.— Shall mean any organization that represents or intends to represent employees or any group of employees acting in concert or a group in which employees participate and which exists for that purpose, in whole or in part, to deal ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100a - Bill of Rights
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100a - Bill of Rights
To guarantee free association and participation for all persons within a labor organization, the following are hereby declared to be protected rights and prerogatives of high public interest for all labor organization members: (1) The right to elect by direct, individual and secret vote the directors of the labor organ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100b - Jurisdiction
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100b - Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction is hereby conferred to hear and resolve grievances or violations of the Bill of Rights of employee members of labor organizations to the Labor Relations Board in the case of public sector employees and labor organizations under its jurisdiction, pursuant to the provisions in §§ 61—76 of this title, and to ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100c - Fines
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100c - Fines
In addition to any other remedy provided in the organic laws of the Board or the Commission for cases of illegal work practices to be imposed upon labor organizations, including the loss of the certification of the labor organization, if it is found as a proven and well founded fact that the labor organization incurred...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100d - Document
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100d - Document
Within forty-five (45) days after the approval of this act, all labor organizations subject to its provisions shall notify the Board or the Commission, as the case may be, through a document containing the following information: (1) Name of the organization. (2) Address and telephone number of the main offices, branche...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-3/subchapter-vi/100e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e)›Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e)›§ 100e - Financial reports
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter VI - Bill of Rights of Members of Organized Labor (§§ 100 — 100e) › § 100e - Financial reports
None of the provisions set forth shall hinder the Board or the Commission from demanding that the labor organizations or its directors render financial reports or statements of the labor organization or its directors when deemed necessary to comply with the duties established in this subchapter. If the labor organizati...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/101/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 101 - Limitation on injunctive power of courts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 101 - Limitation on injunctive power of courts
No court of Puerto Rico shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter. History —Aug. 4, 1947, No. 50, p. 276, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/102/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 102 - Specific acts exempt from restraint or injunction
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 102 - Specific acts exempt from restraint or injunction
No court of Puerto Rico shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts: ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/103/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 103 - Conspiracy or unlawful combination to do acts in concert
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 103 - Conspiracy or unlawful combination to do acts in concert
No court of Puerto Rico shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitutes or is engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy for the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in §...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/104/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 104 - Liability for acts of officers or members of organizations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 104 - Liability for acts of officers or members of organizations
No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization, participating or interested in a labor dispute shall be held responsible or liable in any court of Puerto Rico for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of the actual participatio...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/105/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 105 - Grounds for issuing injunctions; hearings; temporary order; undertaking
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 105 - Grounds for issuing injunctions; hearings; temporary order; undertaking
No court of Puerto Rico shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examination) in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/106/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 106 - Good faith of complainant as prerequisite for relief
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 106 - Good faith of complainant as prerequisite for relief
No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation fixed by the laws involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of the Conciliation Service and volu...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/107/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 107 - Finding of facts as basis for injunction; order limited to prohibition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 107 - Finding of facts as basis for injunction; order limited to prohibition
No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of finding of facts made and filed by the court in the record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or writ of injunction; and every restraining o...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/108/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 108 - Appeal to Supreme Court
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 108 - Appeal to Supreme Court
Whenever any court shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the proceedings, forthwith certify, as in ordinary cases, the record of the case to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico for its review. Upon the filing of...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-5/109/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109)›§ 109 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 5 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes (§§ 101 — 109) › § 109 - Definitions
When used in this chapter, and for the purposes hereof: (a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation, or have direct or indirect interest therein; or who are employees of the same employer; or who a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/131/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 131 - Interference with voting rights—By employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 131 - Interference with voting rights—By employer
Every employer who seeks by coercion, intimidation or threats, to dismiss, or who refuses to employ, or who reduces the wages of any workman, for the purpose of inducing him to vote at any legal election according to the will of the employer or of any of his agents, or who in any manner demands of the laborer employed ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/132/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 132 - Interference with voting rights—By officer or agent of employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 132 - Interference with voting rights—By officer or agent of employer
Any officer, employee or agent of a corporation, firm or other person, invested with power and authority to dismiss laborers or to employ them, who by coercion in any manner attempts to dismiss any such laborer or to reduce his compensation as such laborer, in order to induce him to vote at any legal election according...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/133/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 133 - Interference with voting rights—Ouster from home
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 133 - Interference with voting rights—Ouster from home
Any corporation, firm, employer, officer or agent who, on account of political opinions, three months prior to or after any legal election, directs or promotes any kind of proceedings for the purpose of ousting from his home any laborer who has been employed by such corporation, firm or employer, and who has occupied l...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/134/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 134 - Interference with voting rights—Blacklist to prevent employment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 134 - Interference with voting rights—Blacklist to prevent employment
Any person, firm, corporation, employer, agent, or person in charge, who, on account of political opinions, in any manner whatever induces or notifies another firm, corporation or employer not to give work to one or more laborers, and that their names be recorded in any manner so that no work be given them, or to preve...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/135/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 135 - Interference with voting rights—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 135 - Interference with voting rights—Penalties
Any corporation, firm, employer or their agents, officers or persons in charge, who violate any of the provisions of §§ 131—135 of this title or any part thereof, upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or less than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonmen...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/140/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 140 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 140 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Penalties
Any employer who performs any act of prejudicial discrimination against his workmen or employees, or any of them, because the same have organized, or taken part in activities of, a labor union, or have demanded the making of a collective labor agreement, or have participated in a strike or in a claim for better wages a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/141/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 141 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Actions as evidence of violations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 141 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Actions as evidence of violations
Any of the following acts, without prejudice to others of a similar nature, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation of §§ 140—143 of this title in the case of workmen or employees against whom the employer performs acts of prejudicial discrimination for any of the circumstances stated in § 140 of this ti...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/142/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 142 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Definition of “employer”
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 142 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Definition of “employer”
In §§ 140—143 of this title, unless otherwise deducted from the context thereof, the word “employer” shall include any natural or [juridical] person employing workmen or employees, and the manager, administrator, superintendent, foreman, overseer, timekeeper, paymaster, or representative of said natural or [juridical] ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/143/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 143 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Pleading
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 143 - Prejudicial discrimination by employer—Pleading
No complaint for violations of §§ 140—143 of this title can be dismissed, alleging accumulation of faults committed, or for defect of form, provided that the fault or faults complained of are included within the terms of sections 140—143 of this title. History —May 7, 1942, No. 114, p. 690, § 4, eff. 90 days after May ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/144/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 144 - Commissaries and cash advances prohibited; cafeterias excepted
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 144 - Commissaries and cash advances prohibited; cafeterias excepted
In every employment, undertaking, or establishment of whatever nature it may be, such as industrial enterprises, agricultural undertakings and mercantile establishments employing more than ten (10) persons, said enterprises, undertakings, and establishments, or their representatives, are hereby prohibited from maintain...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/145/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 145 - Commissaries and cash advances prohibited; cafeterias excepted—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 145 - Commissaries and cash advances prohibited; cafeterias excepted—Penalties
Every natural or [juridical] person who personally or through his agents, employees, or partners, violates the provisions of § 144 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each one of the days on which he does business in contravention of § 144 of this title and, upon conviction, there shall be imposed upon ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/146/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 146 - Discrimination based on age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identi...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 146 - Discrimination based on age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin, social condition,...
Any employer who discharges, lays off or discriminates against an employee regarding his/her salary, wage, pay or remuneration, terms, rank, conditions or privileges of his/her job, or who fails or refuses to hire or rehire a person, or who limits or classifies his/her employees in any way which tends to deprive a pers...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/146a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 146a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender ide...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 146a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social statu...
It shall be unlawful for any employer or organization to publish or circulate, or allow the publication or circulation of announcements, notices or any other form of diffusion, denying equal employment opportunities, directly or indirectly, to any person indiscriminately, based on his/her race, color, sex, marital stat...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/147/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 147 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 147 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status...
Any labor organization which limits, divides or classifies its members in any manner that deprives or tends to deprive anyone who aspires or is entitled to become a member of said organization, of an employment opportunity based on his/her age, race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender iden...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 147a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender ide...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 147a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social statu...
Any employer, labor organization or joint labor-management committee that controls apprenticeship, training or retraining programs, including on-the-job training programs, which discriminates against a person based on his/her race, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, social origin or condit...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/148/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 148 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 148 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status...
Any of the acts mentioned in the preceding sections shall be presumed to have been committed in violation of §§ 146—151 of this title, whenever the same shall have been performed without good cause. This presumption shall be of a controvertible character. It shall not be presumed that the employer had knowledge of the ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 148a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender ide...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 148a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social statu...
Every employer and labor union shall keep and maintain for periods of time: (a) Relevant records in order to determine if there have been or are being committed discriminatory employment practices as set forth in §§ 146–151 of this title, and (b) shall render reports on said records as the Secretary of Labor and Human ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/149/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 149 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 149 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status...
The Court of First Instance and the District Court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction in all cases arising under §§ 146—151 of this title. Civil claims may be prosecuted by ordinary action or through the complaint proceeding established by Act No. 10 of Nov. 14, 1917, as heretofore or hereafter amended. The cl...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 150 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 150 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status...
The duty to enforce §§ 146—151 of this title is hereby imposed upon the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered to adopt any rules or regulations that are necessary: (a) To enable the execution and purpose of §§ 146 et seq. of this title, and (b) without li...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 150a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender ide...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 150a - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social statu...
Every employer and labor union shall post in a conspicuous place in his or its establishment an excerpt which the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall prepare and supply of the provisions and regulations of §§ 146—151 of this title. Any employer or labor union violating the provisions of this section shall be g...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 151 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 151 - Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status...
The following terms, as used in §§ 146 et seq. of this title, shall have the following meanings: (1) Age.— Means any age from the minimum age at which minors are legally allowed to work, according to the occupation or industry concerned, without any limit whatsoever. (2) Employer.— Includes any natural or [juridical] p...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/152/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 152 - Dismissal for service on jury, right to reinstatement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 152 - Dismissal for service on jury, right to reinstatement
(a) The right is hereby established of any person dismissed from employment on account of his having been called upon to serve, or having served, as a jury member in a court of justice of Puerto Rico, whether commonwealth or federal, to be reinstated in his office or employment, or in one of like category, status and s...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/153/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 153 - Employment of aliens not having legal residence—Prohibition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 153 - Employment of aliens not having legal residence—Prohibition
(a) No employer shall knowingly employ an alien not having legal residence in the United States. (1) No employer shall employ, directly or through an agent, an alien whom a reasonable investigation would have shown that he had no legal residence in the country. (2) No person, acting as agent for an employer or employee...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/154/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 154 - Employment of aliens not having legal residence—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 154 - Employment of aliens not having legal residence—Penalties
Violation of any of the provisions of §§ 153 and 154 of this title shall be a misdemeanor and the first violation shall be punished by a minimum fine of two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of ninety (90) days, or both, in the discretion of the court and subsequent violations by a minimum f...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155 - Sexual harassment in employment—Declaration of public policy
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155 - Sexual harassment in employment—Declaration of public policy
This Legislature resolves and declares as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that sexual harassment in employment is a type of sexual discrimination and, as such, constitutes an illegal and undesirable practice that goes against the established constitutional principle that the dignity of a human bein...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155a - Sexual harassment in employment—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155a - Sexual harassment in employment—Definitions
For the purposes of §§ 155—155m of this title, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow: (1) Employee.— Any person who works for an employer and receives compensation therefor, or any job applicant. For the purposes of the protection conferred by §§ 155—155m of this title, the term employee shall b...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155b - Sexual harassment in employment—Elements; circumstances
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155b - Sexual harassment in employment—Elements; circumstances
Sexual harassment in employment consists of any type of undesired sexual approach, demand for sexual favors and any other verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature or that is reproduced by using any means of communication including, but not limited to, the use of multimedia tools through the cybernetic network or ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/155c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155c - Sexual harassment in employment—Determination
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155c - Sexual harassment in employment—Determination
In order to determine whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassment in employment, all of the circumstances surrounding the facts that occurred shall be taken into consideration. The determination of the legality of an action shall be based on the findings of each particular case. History —Apr. 22, 1988, No...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155d - Sexual harassment in employment—Acts of employer or agents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155d - Sexual harassment in employment—Acts of employer or agents
An employer shall be guilty of sexual harassment in employment based on his actions and those of his agents or supervisors, regardless of whether or not the specific acts being disputed were authorized or prohibited by the employer and regardless of whether the employer knew or should have known about said behavior. Th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155e - Sexual harassment in employment—Between employees; exculpatory evidence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155e - Sexual harassment in employment—Between employees; exculpatory evidence
An employer shall be held responsible for any acts of sexual harassment towards the employees in the work place, if the employer or his agents or his supervisors knew or should have been aware of such conduct unless the employer proves that he took immediate and appropriate action to correct the situation. History —Apr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155f - Sexual harassment in employment—Persons not employed by employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155f - Sexual harassment in employment—Persons not employed by employer
An employer shall be held responsible for the acts of sexual harassment towards his employees in the work place by persons not employed by him if the employer or his agents or supervisors knew or should have known of such conduct and did not take immediate and adequate action to correct the situation. For the purposes ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155g - Sexual harassment in employment—Award or denial of opportunity or benefit
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155g - Sexual harassment in employment—Award or denial of opportunity or benefit
When the employer grants employment opportunities or benefits as the result of a person’s submission to sexual approaches and demands of the employer or of his agents or supervisors, the former shall be held liable for sexual harassment in employment with regard to the persons who were denied such opportunity or benefi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/155h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155h - Sexual harassment in employment—Retaliation by employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155h - Sexual harassment in employment—Retaliation by employer
An employer shall be held liable pursuant to the provisions of §§ 155—155m of this title when he carries out any action that results in adversely affecting the opportunities, terms and working conditions of any person who has rejected the employer’s practices that are in conflict with the provisions of §§ 155—155m of t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/155i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155i - Sexual harassment in employment—Obligations of employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155i - Sexual harassment in employment—Obligations of employer
Every employer has the obligation to keep the work place free from sexual harassment and intimidation and shall clearly express his policy against sexual harassment to his supervisors and employees and shall guarantee that they shall work with safety and dignity. In compliance with the obligation imposed on the employe...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-7/155j/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155j - Sexual harassment in employment—Sanctions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155j - Sexual harassment in employment—Sanctions
Any person responsible for sexual harassment in employment as defined by §§ 155—155m of this title shall incur civil liability: (1) For a sum equal to double the amount of the damages that the action has caused the employee or job applicant, or (2) for a sum of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) at the discr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155k - Sexual harassment in employment—Attorneys’ fees and costs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155k - Sexual harassment in employment—Attorneys’ fees and costs
The party that is found guilty of the behavior prohibited pursuant to the provisions of §§ 155—155m of this title shall pay the attorney fees and costs of the proceedings as established by a competent court. History —Apr. 22, 1988, No. 17, p. 76, § 12, eff. 60 days after Apr. 22, 1988.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155l - Sexual harassment in employment—Availability of judicial procedures
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155l - Sexual harassment in employment—Availability of judicial procedures
It shall not be necessary to exhaust all administrative remedies for the purpose of initiating judicial procedures under §§ 155—155m of this title. History —Apr. 22, 1988, No. 17, p. 76, § 13, eff. 60 days after Apr. 22, 1988.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 155m - Sexual harassment in employment—Limitations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 155m - Sexual harassment in employment—Limitations
The term to file a suit based on the violations contained in §§ 155—155m of this title shall be of one year. The statute of limitations in suits for sexual harassment in the work place shall begin to run its course when the circumstances that could delay the prosecution of the action end. History —Apr. 22, 1988, No. 17...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156 - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Declaration of pu...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156 - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Declaration of public policy
It is hereby declared as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to repudiate employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the public or the private sectors. In doing so, we hereby reassert that the dignity of the human being is inviolable and that all men are equal before t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156a - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156a - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Definitions
For purposes of interpretation and application of §§ 156-156f of this title within the labor field, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow: (a) Sexual orientation.— Means the ability of any person of having an emotional, affectional, or sexual attachment to persons of the other gender, the same g...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156b - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156b - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Regulations
Every agency, instrumentality, department, public corporation, municipality, and the Legislative Branch are hereby directed to modify their personnel regulations to clearly state the public policy set forth in §§ 156–156f of this title. History —May 29, 2013, No. 22, § 17.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156c - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Compliance proto...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156c - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Compliance protocol
The Training and Labor Affairs Advisory and Human Resources Administration Office (OCALARH, Spanish acronym), in conjunction with the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico are hereby directed to draw up a compliance, education, and training protocol with regard to the public policy of eradicating all t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156d - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Exceptions and e...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156d - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Exceptions and exclusions
By virtue of constitutional provisions regarding the separation of church and State, namely, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America and Section 3 of Article II of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the provisions of §§ 156–156f of this title shall not apply to churches...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156e - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Interpretation c...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156e - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Interpretation clause
If the provisions of any other act are inconsistent or incompatible with the provisions and matters expressly included in §§ 156–156f of this title, the provisions of §§ 156–156f of this title shall prevail. History —May 29, 2013, No. 22, § 20.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›§ 156f - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Scope
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › § 156f - Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—Scope
None of the provisions of §§ 156–156f of this title shall affect any legislation with regard to marriage or the adoption process. History —May 29, 2013, No. 22, § 21.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›10851 — 10854)›§ 10851 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › 10851 — 10854) › § 10851 - Definitions
(a) Resident individual investor.— Means a resident individual, as defined in § 30041(a)(30) of this title, who has not been a resident of Puerto Rico during the six (6) years preceding the effective date of this act and becomes a Resident of Puerto Rico not later than the tax year ending on December 31, 2035. Accordin...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›10851 — 10854)›§ 10852 - Tax exemption applicable to income derived from interest and di...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › 10851 — 10854) › § 10852 - Tax exemption applicable to income derived from interest and dividends earned by a resident individual invest...
Income derived from all sources by a Resident Individual Investor after becoming a resident of Puerto Rico, but before January 1st, 2036, consisting of interest and dividends, including but not limited to interest and dividends from a registered investment company described in § 30521 of this title, shall be fully exem...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›10851 — 10854)›§ 10853 - Special tax for resident individual investors on net long-term ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › 10851 — 10854) › § 10853 - Special tax for resident individual investors on net long-term capital gain
(a) Appreciation before becoming a Resident of Puerto Rico.— The total net long-term capital gain generated by a resident individual investor related to the appreciation of the securities owned by such resident individual investor before becoming a resident of Puerto Rico, which appreciation is recognized ten (10) year...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854)›10851 — 10854)›§ 10854 - Reports required to resident individual investors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 7 - Protection of Employees’ Rights (§§ 131 — 10854) › 10851 — 10854) › § 10854 - Reports required to resident individual investors
Any resident individual investor who holds a decree issued under this chapter shall file annually an authenticated report with the Exemption Office and a copy thereof with the Secretary of the Treasury thirty (30) days after the filing of the income tax return with the Department of the Treasury including any extension...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161 - Definitions
The following words shall have the meaning indicated below: (a) Accident.— Any accidental occurrence, event or action resulting from an act or function of an employee which affects or puts at imminent risk the health, safety or property of any natural or juridical person. (b) Candidate for employment.— Means any person...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161a - Liability of the employer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161a - Liability of the employer
(a) An employee or candidate for employment, as the case may be, shall have a cause of action against an employer who has a controlled substance detection program, under the following circumstances: (1) The employer took disciplinary action against the employee, or refused to employ a candidate for employment, based on...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161b - Testing program for the detection of controll...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161b - Testing program for the detection of controlled substances—Requirements
A program for the detection of controlled substances shall meet the following requirements: (a) Tests shall be conducted in a uniform and consistent manner for all employees and candidates for employment; and pursuant to the terms of a written program, adopted by the employer and notified to the employees through deliv...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161c - Confidentiality of results
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161c - Confidentiality of results
All the information and documentation compiled on an employee, including the results of the test to detect the presence of controlled substances, shall be confidential and shall be kept separate from the personnel file. Said information shall not be offered or admitted in evidence in a criminal suit against the employe...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161d - Activities that result in tests for the detec...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161d - Activities that result in tests for the detection of controlled substances
All employees, candidates to re-entry and candidates for employment shall have the obligation to submit to mandatory tests in the following activities: (a) Employees working in the gunsmith business. (b) Every person who for pay, controls or drives any railroad train, motor vehicle used to transport passengers regardle...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161e - Circumstances under which tests may be made
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161e - Circumstances under which tests may be made
In all those cases in which § 161d of this title is not applicable, the employer may require or request employees, candidates for employment and candidates to re-entry, to submit to a controlled substances detection test as a condition to continue in their employment, under the following circumstances, among others: (a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161f - Testing program by drawing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161f - Testing program by drawing
Every employer may establish a testing program for the detection of controlled substances to promote the health and welfare of his/her employees, through to random selection methods, chosen objectively. History —Aug. 8, 1997, No. 59, § 9, eff. 180 days after Aug. 8, 1997.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161g - Labor organizations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161g - Labor organizations
Should there be a labor organization representing workers in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, duly certified by the national or local Labor Relations Board, the procedure for the administration of drug testing shall be subject to the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement in force on the date of ap...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h)›§ 161h - Penalty
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 8 - Controlled Substances Detection Testing in the Private Work Sector (§§ 161 — 161h) › § 161h - Penalty
Any person who with malice and premeditation, discloses any information described as confidential in this chapter, other than what is provided in § 161c of this title, shall incur a misdemeanor. History —Aug. 8, 1997, No. 59, § 11, eff. 180 days after Aug. 8, 1997.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 171 - Payment of wages—Money used; nullity
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 171 - Payment of wages—Money used; nullity
In all contracts entered into with workers or employees, their wages shall be paid in the legal tender of the United States of America, whether in cash or check. The employer, however, may choose to pay, subject to the provisions below, the wages of his/her workers or employees through one or more of the following elec...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 172 - Payment of wages—Restriction on how to spend them proh...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 172 - Payment of wages—Restriction on how to spend them prohibited
Employers are hereby forbidden to impose, either directly or indirectly, personally or through their agents, as an express or implied condition for the admission of any laborer, any stipulation relative to the place where, or the way in which, the laborer shall spend his wages, in whole or in part, or any other stipula...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 173 - Payment of wages—Time and manner
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 173 - Payment of wages—Time and manner
The total amount of wages due to a worker or employee shall be paid in legal tender of the United States of America, whether in cash, check, direct deposit, electronic transfer of funds or payroll credit card, at intervals which shall not exceed fifteen (15) days. When a worker or employee is dismissed or has to leave ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 174 - Payment of wages—Counter claim in action; restrictions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 174 - Payment of wages—Counter claim in action; restrictions
In any action brought by a laborer against an employer for the recovery of any amount due him for wages, the defendant cannot file any setoff or counter claim to reduce the amount of the claim, based on the fact that he delivered merchandise on account of said wages, or that said merchandise was furnished to the labore...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 175 - Payment of wages—Deductions authorized
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 175 - Payment of wages—Deductions authorized
Except in those cases provided in this section, no employer may deduct or withhold for any reason whatsoever, part of the salary earned by his or her workers or employees except: (a) When the laborer authorizes his employer in writing to deduct from his wages a certain sum to be paid as assessment to any association or...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 176 - Payment of wages—Definitions, “employer” and “laborer”
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 176 - Payment of wages—Definitions, “employer” and “laborer”
Employer.— For purposes of §§ 171—177 of this title, shall be understood to mean any person who uses or avails him/herself of the work of any worker or employee through the payment of wages. “Worker” or “employee” shall mean the person who receives a salary or wages for his/her work in any occupation, excluding executi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 176a - Payment of wages—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 176a - Payment of wages—Regulations
The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered to adopt and promulgate the regulations needed to administer and implement the provisions of §§ 171—177 of this title, subject to § 307 of Title 3, with the sole requirement of approval by the Governor of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of Labor an...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 177 - Payment of wages—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 177 - Payment of wages—Penalties
Violation of any of the provisions of §§ 171—177 of this title shall constitute a misdemeanor. But in the case where the employer, knowing that his business will be closed, or for any other reason, does not make the deductions set forth in § 175 of this title, or, having made them, unduly withholds them in his possessi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 178 - Payment of wages—Evidence or sign of indebtedness; pen...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 178 - Payment of wages—Evidence or sign of indebtedness; penalties
It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, partnership, or person engaged in any trade or business, to issue, sell, give or deliver, either directly or indirectly, to any person employed as a laborer, journeyman or foreman by said corporation, company, partnership or person, in payment of wages earned or to be ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 179 - Payment of wages—Purchase of goods; penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 179 - Payment of wages—Purchase of goods; penalties
If any corporation, company, firm or person shall coerce or compel, or attempt to coerce or compel, an employee in its, their, or his employment, to purchase goods or supplies in payment of wages due him, or to become due him, or otherwise, from any corporation, company, firm or person, such first-named corporation, co...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185a - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Salary; ye...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185a - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Salary; years of service
Every employee in commerce, industry, or any other business or work place, designated hereinafter as the establishment, in which he/she works for compensation of any kind, contracted without a fixed term, who is discharged from his/her employment without just cause, shall be entitled to receive from his/her employer, i...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185b - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Just cause...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185b - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Just cause for discharge
Good cause for the discharge of an employee from an establishment shall be understood to be: (a) That the worker indulges in a pattern of improper or disorderly conduct. (b) The attitude of the employee of not performing his work in an efficient manner, or of doing it belatedly and negligently or in violation of the st...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185c - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Order of r...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185c - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Order of retaining employees
In any case where employees are discharged for the reasons indicated in subsections (d), (e) and (f) of § 185b of this title, it shall be the duty of the employer to retain those employees of greater seniority on the job with preference, provided there are positions vacant or filled by employees of less seniority in th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185d - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Computatio...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185d - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Computation of indemnity
The indemnity established in § 185a of this title shall be paid on the basis of the highest rate of salary earned by the employee during the three (3) years immediately preceding his/her discharge. History —May 30, 1976, No. 80, p. 251, § 4; Oct. 7, 2005, No. 128, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185e - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Definition...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185e - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Definition of discharge
For the purposes of §§ 185a—185m of this title, discharge shall be understood to be, besides the employee’s layoff, his suspension indefinitely or for a term over three (3) months, except in the case of employees of seasonal industries or businesses or the resignation of the employee caused by the actions of the employ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185f - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Transfer o...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185f - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Transfer of going business, duties of employers
In the case of transfer of a going business, if the new acquirer continues to use the services of the employees who were working with the former owner, such employees shall be credited with the time they have worked in the basis under former owners. In the event that the new acquirer chooses not to continue with the se...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185g/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185g - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Allowance ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185g - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Allowance for compensation and indemnity
The allowance for compensation and progressive indemnity for discharge without good cause provided in § 185a of this title, shall be computed on the basis of the highest number of regular working hours of the employee during any period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days within the year immediately preceding the d...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185h - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Probatory ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185h - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Probatory work contract, prerequisites
So that every probatory work contract may be valid so as to exempt an employer from complying with the provisions of §§ 185a—185m of this title, said contract shall be executed in writing stating the date on which said probatory period commences and ends, which in no case shall exceed three (3) months, unless a written...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185i - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Right to c...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185i - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Right to compensation unwaiveable; nullities
The right of an employee who is discharged from his employment without just cause, to receive the compensation provided in § 185a of this title, is hereby declared to be unwaiveable. Any contract or part thereof in which the employee waives the compensation to which he is entitled to, pursuant to §§ 185a—185m of this t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185j/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185j - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Deductions...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185j - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Deductions on indemnity, prohibited
No payroll deduction whatsoever shall be made on the indemnity provided in § 185a of this title, and the employer must hand the total amount thereof, completely, to the employee. The compensation paid to a worker product of the liquidation or closing of business or enterprise programs in order to share profit with its ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185k/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185k - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Pleading; ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185k - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Pleading; contesting by employer; conference; proceedings;...
(a) In every action instituted by an employee claiming the benefits provided herein, the employer is bound to plead in his answer to the complaint the facts that led to the dismissal, and to prove that it was justified in order to be exempted from compliance with the provision of § 185a of this title. Likewise, in ever...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185l/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185l - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Prescripti...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185l - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Prescription of rights
The rights granted hereunder shall prescribe after the lapse of three (3) years from the effective date of the discharge. History —May 30, 1976, No. 80, p. 251, § 9, renumbered as § 12 on May 21, 1982, No. 16, p. 31, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185m/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 185m - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Regulation...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 185m - Indemnity for discharge without just cause—Regulations
The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered to adopt and promulgate the regulations needed to administer the provisions of §§ 185a—185m of this title. History —May 30, 1976, No. 80, p. 251, added as § 13 on July 3, 1986, No. 67, p. 228, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/186/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 186 - Mechanic’s lien—Preference
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 186 - Mechanic’s lien—Preference
Whenever a worker or employee works on the construction, extension, maintenance or repair of any improvement, house or building, the total amount of the wages earned by him shall constitute a lien on said property, both when the work is done under the immediate direction of the owner and when contractors, subcontractor...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/187/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 187 - Mechanic’s lien—Execution of lien
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 187 - Mechanic’s lien—Execution of lien
Every worker or employee who fails to receive any sum as compensation for work done under the conditions specified in the preceding section, may execute the said lien in accordance with the proceedings established by Act No. 10, 1917, as amended by Act No. 12 of 1923; Provided, That before filing the judicial complaint...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/188/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 188 - Mechanic’s lien—Complaint, form; parties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 188 - Mechanic’s lien—Complaint, form; parties
The facts upon which the claim is based shall be stated under oath in the complaint, and a description of the property encumbered by the lien shall be given therein; Provided, That the claims of all such workers and employees as have failed to receive their wages, or any part thereof, may be joined in one action; and P...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004)›PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k)›Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b)›§ 189 - Mechanic’s lien—Time for claiming
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 9 - Payment of Wages; Discharge Without Cause; Mechanic’s Lien (§§ 171 — 194b) › § 189 - Mechanic’s lien—Time for claiming
No action or claim may be established against the owner or grantee of any work one year after the work for which payment is claimed has been finished. History —May 4, 1931, No. 73, p. 458, § 4; Feb. 28, 1942, No. 2, p. 282, § 1, eff. 90 days after Feb. 28, 1942.