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Unemployment Word Count by State

Calculates the total word count of documents related to unemployment in each state, revealing insights into the volume of unemployment-related content by location.

CO Title 8 Word Count

Calculates the total number of words in the content of entries related to 'Title 8' in Colorado, providing insight into the volume of text data available for that specific category and state.

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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/190/	PR	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)›§ 190 - Mechanic’s lien—Costs of action	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) › § 190 - Mechanic’s lien—Costs of action	If judgment in an action brought for the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 186—191 of this title is rendered against the owner or grantee of any work, costs may be taxed on him, attorney’s fees included. History —May 4, 1931, No. 73, p. 458, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 4, 1931.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/191/	PR	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)›§ 191 - Mechanic’s lien—Judgment and execution	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) › § 191 - Mechanic’s lien—Judgment and execution	A judgment upholding the claim shall state that the lien is legally constituted and shall direct payment within the five (5) days following the date on which said judgment becomes final; Provided, That upon the expiration of said period, it may be made effective on the encumbered property through an order of execution which shall be issued by the secretary upon request of the complainant, and shall be served by the marshal within a period not exceeding twenty (20) days from the date on which the said order of execution is delivered to him. History —May 4, 1931, No. 73, p. 458, § 6, eff. 90 days after May 4, 1931.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/193/	PR	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)›§ 193 - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Deduction from salary or leave prohibited	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) › § 193 - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Deduction from salary or leave prohibited	Every employer is hereby prohibited from deducting from the salary or from vacation or sick leave of their employees, the days and hours that an employee, duly summoned by the prosecutor or a court, must use when appearing as a witness in a criminal case. This prohibition shall likewise apply to summons as witnesses in procedures involving minors in which the attributed offense would constitute a crime if the child were an adult. History —July 12, 1986, No. 122, p. 394, § 1; Aug. 5, 2004, No. 199, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/193a/	PR	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)›§ 193a - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Certificate from the court	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) › § 193a - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Certificate from the court	Once the appearance of the witness has concluded, the Prosecuting Attorney for Minors or the Clerk of the Court shall issue a certificate to him/her in which the time he/she had to devote to his/her appearance in days and hours is clearly stated. In cases under §§ 2201 et seq. of Title 34, the name of the accused minor or minors shall never be revealed, stating only their initials and the time that the witness was engaged in the appearance, in the same way as in the cases of adults. History —July 12, 1986, No. 122, p. 394, § 2; Aug. 5, 2004, No. 199, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/193b/	PR	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)›§ 193b - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Notice to employer	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) › § 193b - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Notice to employer	To be entitled to the protection granted by §§ 193—193c of this title, the employee shall notify his employer within a reasonable time of his need to be absent from work to attend to a summons and, once he returns to work, he shall deliver the certificate established in § 193a of this title to his employer. The employee shall notify his employer at least two (2) working days in advance of the day on which he shall be absent from his job. Notwithstanding the above, notice to the employer may be made within a shorter term if the employee is unable to comply with his obligation due to a delay in receiving the summons. History —July 12, 1986, No. 122, p. 394, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/193c/	PR	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)›§ 193c - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Illegal deduction; 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) › § 193c - Employees summoned as witnesses in criminal cases—Illegal deduction; penalties	Every employee who having complied with the requirements of §§ 193—193c of this title has any amount whatsoever illegally deducted from his salary or from his vacation or sick leave shall have the right to collect, through civil action filed by him or by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources in his name, the difference due plus an amount equal to the unpaid amount, as additional compensation in addition to court costs, expenses, interest and fees for the lawyers in the procedure, the latter at a reasonable sum that shall never be less than fifty dollars ($50). History —July 12, 1986, No. 122, p. 394, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/194/	PR	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)›§ 194 - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Definitions	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) › § 194 - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Definitions	(a) Employee.— Means any person who provides services in exchange for salaries, or any type of remuneration, through an oral, written, explicit or implicit contract. (b) Employer.— Means any person who has one or more employees. That includes the employer’s agents. (c) Person.— Means individual, society, corporation, association, as well as any other juridical entity. —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 115, § 1. History
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/194a/	PR	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)›§ 194a - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Prohibition;...	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) › § 194a - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Prohibition; violation; civil liability	(a) No employer may discharge, threaten, or discriminate against an employee regarding the terms, conditions, compensation, location, benefits or privileges of the employment should the employee offer or attempt to offer, verbally or in writing, any testimony, expression or information before a legislative, administrative or judicial forum in Puerto Rico, when such expressions are not of a defamatory character nor constitute disclosure of privileged information established by law. (b) Any person claiming a violation of §§ 194 et seq. of this title may prosecute a civil action against the employer within three (3) years from the date in which the violation took place and request compensation for unearned salaries, benefits and attorney’s fees for the real damages suffered, for mental anguish, and reinstatement in his/her job. The employer’s liability regarding the damages and the unearned salaries shall be double the amount determined as having caused the violation of the provisions of §§ 194 et seq. of this title. (c) The employee shall show proof of the violation through direct or circumstantial evidence. The employee shall furthermore establish a prima facie case of violation of the act by proving that he/she participated in an activity protected by §§ 194 et seq. of this title and that he/she was subsequently discharged, threatened or discriminated against regarding his/her employment. Once the aforesaid has been established, the employer shall claim and provide a non-discriminatory legitimate reason for the discharge. Should the employer claim and provide such a reason, the employee should demonstrate that the alleged reason provided by the employer was a mere pretext for the discharge. —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 115, § 2. History
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/194b/	PR	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)›§ 194b - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Violation; cr...	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) › § 194b - Discrimination at place of employment for sharing testimony; cause for action—Violation; criminal liability	Any employer who violates any of the provisions of §§ 194 et seq. shall incur a felony and where he/she to be convicted, he/she shall be sanctioned with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and/or incarceration for a fixed term of three years. Should aggravating circumstances exist, the established fixed penalty may be increased to a maximum of five (5) years; should extenuating circumstances exist, it could be reduced to a minimum of two (2) years. History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 115, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/195/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 195 - Payment bond	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 195 - Payment bond	Any contractor in charge of the construction, reconstruction, extension, modification or repair of a work, building or structure whose estimated cost as specified in the construction permit issued by the Permit Office of the Planning Board is greater than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) shall post a payment bond in favor of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, which shall be binding and effective on and after the date the work is started. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/196/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 196 - Forms of bond	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 196 - Forms of bond	The above-mentioned bond shall be posted by the contractor in cash, certified check or with the security of a bonding company licensed to do business in Puerto Rico, and said payment bond shall answer jointly and severally with the contractor, up to the limit of the bond liability, for the payment to the contractor’s laborers and employees of the wages earned by them in the work. The amount of this payment bond shall not be less than twenty percent (20%) of the estimated cost of the work under construction. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 2; Apr. 25, 1986, No. 15, p. 33, § 1, eff. 30 days after Apr. 25, 1986.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/197/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 197 - Payment of wages	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 197 - Payment of wages	(a) It shall be the duty of the contractor to pay weekly and in cash all the wages of the laborers employed in the work under construction. (b) The salaries earned by the workers employed in the work shall enjoy absolute preference, as to payment, over all other debts of the contractor, with the exception of mortgage credits on certain real or personal property or property rights of the debtor, recorded in the registry of property prior to the date on which the salary has been earned, and with the exception of any taxes which the contractor may owe to the Commonwealth or its municipalities. (c) Any person who has been employed in any work, building or construction as to which the bond required by this chapter has been posted and to whom his salary has not been paid in whole or in part, as required by this chapter, in the form and terms established by law, shall be entitled to bring judicial action, without previous notice or demand, against the contractor, the bond of the contractor, the sureties of the contractor, or against any of them, to recover the sum due him for such reason. Any person having a direct contractual relation with a subcontractor, regardless of whether or not he has any express or implicit contractual relation with the contractor of the work, shall have a chose in action against the contractor, the bond of the contractor, the sureties of the contractor, or against any of them, to recover in full or in part any sum due him by the subcontractor of the work for salaries earned as employee of the subcontractor of the work. The workers or employees of the subcontractor may bring said action against the contractor at any time without notice or previous demand of their claim to the subcontractor. (d) Any judicial action brought under this chapter may be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 10, approved Nov. 14, 1917, as amended, and there may be a joinder in one sole complaint of all claims for wages in connection with the same work. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, §§ 3—6, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/198/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 198 - Defect in bond	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 198 - Defect in bond	No technical defect in the bond, including, but without limitation, that it has not been attached to the contract, shall have the effect of altering the liability established by this chapter. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/199/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 199 - Pleading	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 199 - Pleading	It shall not be necessary in any judicial action brought under this chapter to accompany the complaint with a copy of the contract or subcontract for the work, it being sufficient for its identification to make in the complaint reference to the contract or subcontract. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 8, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/200/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 200 - Duration of chose in action and bond	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 200 - Duration of chose in action and bond	The chose in action authorized by this chapter against the bond and the sureties of the contractor shall be understood as lapsed one year after the work and all labor thereon have been completed. Upon expiration of said term the bond may be cancelled, unless there is pending any judicial action under this chapter. In such case, the bond shall not be cancelled until final and conclusive judgment has been passed with respect to such pending claim or claims and the same have been settled to the limit of the liability of the bond and of the sureties. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 9, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/201/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 201 - Filing of action	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 201 - Filing of action	All actions under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the person or persons in interest, but the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may also demand, motu proprio or at the instance of one or more workers with interest in the matter, and in representation and for the benefit of one or more of such workers who are in similar circumstances, payment of any sum due them for wages. Said action may be brought in the Part of the Court of First Instance or District Court corresponding to the place where the work is being carried out or where the worker or employee lives on the date of the claim. All workers are entitled to collect in the civil action that may be instituted, in addition to the unpaid amounts, another equal sum as additional compensation, plus costs, expenses and attorney’s fees, and the bond shall answer for the payment of the judgment that may be passed, up to the amount of the bond. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 10, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/202/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 202 - Subcontracts	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 202 - Subcontracts	When the contractor of a work under construction subcontracts any part or labor to be performed therein, he shall file with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources a copy of the subcontract executed with the subcontractor not later than ten (10) days after its execution. The contractor shall have this same duty if the subcontractor, in his turn, contracts with a second subcontractor for any part or labor of the work under construction. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 11, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/203/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 203 - Definitions	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 203 - Definitions	The following phrases and words as used in this chapter shall have the meanings expressed below: Contractor.— Includes any person or persons in charge, through an express or tacit contract, of the construction, reconstruction, modification, extension, repair or improvement of buildings, works or structures. The term “building, work, or construction” includes, but without limitation, houses, establishments and factories, roads, streets, bridges, viaducts, railroads and all sorts of communication ways, sewers, aqueducts and location of pile lines, canals, excavations, drillings, tunnels and dikes, construction and operation of ports and waterways, of airports and landing fields, of transmission lines and land-reducing works, drainage, dewatering and protection against floods. It shall also include the assembling or installation at the site of the work under construction of any machinery or apparatus; and, likewise, the dismantling, demolishing, or wrecking of said works, structures or buildings and the removal of apparatus or machinery installed therein. Subcontractor.— Includes any person or persons who, as independent contractor, constructs any part of the building, work, or structure in charge of the contractor. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 12, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/204/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 204 - Injunctions	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 204 - Injunctions	If a contractor or subcontractor starts labor in a construction work with laborers without the contractor’s having first posted the bond required by this chapter to insure to said laborers the payment of their wages, or without his having complied with any of the other requirements established in this chapter, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may, through an injunction issued by a competent court, stop the labor being carried out in the work, building, or construction, until the contractor or subcontractor shall fully comply with the provisions of this chapter. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 13a, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/205/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 205 - Posting of public notice	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 205 - Posting of public notice	In every construction project where the contractor or subcontractor performs activities through contracts or subcontracts with any natural or [juridical] person, it shall be the duty of said contractor or subcontractor to post a public notice at the payment sites accepted by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources for the duration of said contract or subcontract stating the name of the contractor or subcontractor, the nature of the work performed and the name of the bonding company that secures the bond. Any labor union that represents the workers or employees of a contractor or subcontractor shall be entitled to request and obtain from the latter a copy of the payment bond contract which has been posted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 13b; Apr. 25, 1986, No. 15, p. 33, § 2, eff. 30 days after Apr. 25, 1986.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-10/206/	PR	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 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206)›§ 206 - Penalties	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 10 - Construction Workers (§§ 195 — 206) › § 206 - Penalties	Any contractor who starts a work, building or construction without having posted the bond required by this chapter in behalf of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one month nor more than one year, or both penalties in the discretion of the court. History —June 22, 1961, No. 111, p. 223, § 14; Apr. 25, 1986, No. 15, p. 33, § 3, eff. 30 days after Apr. 25, 1986.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11/247/	PR	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 11 - Minimum Wages (§§ 211-241 — 247)›§ 247 - Vested rights	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11 - Minimum Wages (§§ 211-241 — 247) › § 247 - Vested rights	Neither the minimum wage nor the vacation or sick leave accrual rate of any employee shall be reduced as of the effective date of this act, is entitled by virtue of a mandatory decree, to a minimum wage or an accrual rate of either leave, greater than what is provided in Act June 26, 1956, No. 96. Nor shall said employee be required to work a number of hours per month for leave accrual purposes, greater than what is provided in the mandatory decree, as of the effective date of this act. However, all other aspects of a mandatory decree, than those previously stated, shall be governed by the provisions of Act June 26, No. 96. The sick leave accrued under a mandatory decree and not used that, as of the date of effectiveness of this act, exceeds fifteen (15) days, may be liquidated with the previous agreement between employer and employee, in which case the employee may opt to have the employer transfer said liquidation, or part thereof, to the Department of the Treasury to satisfy totally or partially any income tax debt the employee has at the time of exercising said option. Any employee who works in an industry which on the effective date of this act is covered by a mandatory decree which provides for the periodic liquidation of sick leave accrued in excess of certain levels provided therein, shall retain his right to said liquidation under the previously-existing terms, provided the employee agrees to said liquidation. Any employee who at present or in the future works in an industry for which a mandatory decree provides a minimum wage greater than the federal minimum wage in effect on the effective date of this act, shall be guaranteed the minimum wage which most benefits the employee. History —July 20, 1995, No. 84, § 20; Aug. 30, 2000, No. 237, § 7.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250 - Federal minimum wage	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250 - Federal minimum wage	The federal minimum wage fixed by the Fair Labor Standards Act approved by the Congress of the United States of America on June 25, 1938, as it has subsequently been amended, shall automatically apply to the workers in Puerto Rico covered by the federal act. Upon applying the federal minimum wage, the provisions in federal legislation and regulations shall be recognized with regard to how the minimum wage shall be paid, what working hours are, which employees and jobs are exempted from minimum wages, and to establish the minimum hours of work or maximum work week. —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 2. History
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250a/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250a - Protection for local enterprises not covered by the federal statute	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250a - Protection for local enterprises not covered by the federal statute	Those enterprises or activities that do not meet the criteria of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and are therefore exempted from the federal minimum wage, shall pay a minimum wage equivalent to seventy percent (70%) of the prevailing minimum wage. Every other phase of federal legislation and regulations regarding how the minimum wage is to be paid, working hours, which employees and occupations are exempted from the federal minimum wage, and what a working day or week is, are applicable. Provided, That the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall have the authority to reduce the prevailing percent if he/she shows that its implementation will substantially affect the employees in the enterprises covered by this section. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250b/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250b - Definitions	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250b - Definitions	(a) Mandatory decree.— Means a decree passed by the Minimum Wage Board under the provisions of Act No. 96 of June 26, 1956, as amended, or by the Secretary, under this chapter. (b) Department.— Refers to the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico. (c) Employ.— Means to hire, allow or put to work. (d) Industry.— Shall mean any field of economic activity and comprises agriculture, silviculture, fishing, mining, construction, manufacture, wholesale and retail trade, finances, insurance and real estate business, transportation, communications and other public and personal (except household services), professional and business services. (e) Board.— Means the Minimum Wage Board. (f) Worker, employee or laborer.— Includes any person who works, practices or engages in any art, skill, trade or labor under the orders of, or for the benefit of another person, based on a contract for the leasing of services, or by some type of remuneration, or an express or tacit promise to receive it, in any industry. It does not include independent contractors. (g) Employer.— Includes any natural or juridical person of any nature who, for profit or not, employs or allows any number of laborers, workers, or employees to work for any type of compensation. (h) Salary.— Includes wages, pay, remuneration and any type of compensation, whether in cash, in kind, services, facilities, or any combination thereof; but shall not include anything but money when it is a minimum wage prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise provided or authorized by the Secretary. (i) Minimum wage.— Comprises the minimum wages established pursuant to this chapter for workers of enterprises or for activities not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. (j) Federal minimum wage.— Is the minimum wage established by the Fair Labor Standards Act approved by the Congress of the United States of America on June 25, 1938, as amended. (k) Secretary.— Refers to the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250c/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250c - Industries that provide greater or lesser benefits	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250c - Industries that provide greater or lesser benefits	(a) Those industries that on the effective date of this act are paying higher wages under a mandatory decree and are not covered by the federal minimum wage, shall continue to pay them to their workers. However, those industries that are covered by the federal act and are paying wages that are higher than the federal minimum wage, shall continue to pay them to the workers. (b) An employee who was covered by a mandatory decree as of August 1, 1995, which provided for the monthly accrual of vacation and sick leave rates higher than what is provided in this chapter, or who was entitled to accrue such benefits with less hours of work than what is provided in this chapter, shall continue to enjoy such benefits under the same terms that existed before August 1, 1995. This provision shall apply as long as he/she works for the same employer. (c) Those industries that on the effective date of this act, were regulated by mandatory decrees with a monthly accrual rate of vacation and sick leave lower than what is provided in this chapter, or with requirements of minimum hours of work to be entitled to said accrual rates greater than what is provided in this chapter, shall continue to be subject to the provisions of said mandatory decree to such effects. In the shortest time possible, and according to the economic capacity of each industry, the minimum vacation and sick leave benefits established by said mandatory decrees shall be adjusted to the levels provided in this chapter. (d) In the process of revising the mandatory decrees, the Secretary shall take into consideration the cost of living and the special needs of the employees, as well as the economic conditions and the competition of the industry in question, so that there will be no substantial reduction in employment in said industries. In revising the decrees, the Secretary shall comply with the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of Puerto Rico”, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3. Provided, That public hearings notified at least sixty (60) days in advance, shall be held in the revision process, and the determination shall be subject to judicial review. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250d/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250d - Provisions on vacation and sick leave	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250d - Provisions on vacation and sick leave	(a) All workers in Puerto Rico with the exception of those listed in §§ 250a and 250f of this title, shall accrue vacation leave at a rate of one and one quarter (1 1 / 4) days each month, and sick leave at a rate of one day each month. It shall be a requirement for the employee to work no less than one hundred and fifteen (115) hours a month to accrue said leave. Provided, That the use of vacation and sick leave shall be deemed as time worked, for the accrual of said benefits. (b) Vacation and sick leave shall be accrued as of the regular working day in the month that the accrual occurred. For employees whose schedules fluctuate, a regular working day shall be determined by dividing the total number of regular hours worked by the total number of days worked. For employees whose hours of work cannot be determined, they shall be computed on the basis of eight (8) regular working hours a day. (c) Vacation and sick leave time shall be used and shall be paid on the basis of a regular working day when the benefit is used or paid. To such effect, a period which is not greater than two (2) months shall be taken into consideration before taking or paying this benefit. (d) Vacation and sick leave shall be paid on the basis of an amount which is not less than the regular hourly wage earned by the employee in the month the leave was accrued. For employees who receive commissions or other incentives that are not at the full discretion of the employer, the total commissions or incentives earned for the year, can be divided between fifty-two (52) weeks, to compute the regular hourly wage. (e) If a probation period authorized by law is established, sick leave shall accrue from the beginning of said probation period. However, any employee who completes the probation period shall accrue vacation leave from the date his/her employment commenced. (f) An employee shall not claim vacation leave until it has accrued for one year. Vacation leave shall be granted annually, in such a way as not to disrupt the normal operation of the enterprise, to which ends, the employer shall establish the corresponding schedule. (g) Vacation leave shall be enjoyed consecutively, however, through an agreement between the employer and the employee, it may be apportioned, provided that the employee enjoys at least five (5) consecutive working days of vacation leave during the year. (h) Through an agreement between the employer and the employee, up to two (2) years of vacation leave may be accrued. An employer who does not grant vacation leave after accruing the above maximum, must grant the total leave accrued to date, and pay the employee twice the corresponding salary for the period in excess of said maximum. (i) Upon written request of the employee, the employer may allow vacation leave to include non-working days comprised in the period he will enjoy his vacation leave, and/or the non-working days immediately before or after said period of vacation leave. (j) In the event the employee terminates his/her employment, the employer shall pay the employee the total leave accrued to such date, even though it is less than a year. (k) The employer may allow the partial liquidation of accrued vacation leave in excess of ten (10) days upon written request of the employee. (l) Sick leave not used by the employee in the course of the year shall be accrued for subsequent years up to a maximum of fifteen (15) days. (m) Except in cases of (force majeure), the employee shall notify the employer of his/her illness as soon as it is foreseeable that he/she shall be absent at the beginning of his/her regular hours of work and no later than the same day of his/her absence. (n) The enjoyment of sick leave does not excuse compliance of those standards of conduct validly established by the employer, such as attendance, punctuality, medical certificates if the absence exceeds two (2) working days, and periodic reports on the continued illness. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 6.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250e/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250e - Use of uniforms	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250e - Use of uniforms	Every employer who requires his/her employees to use a uniform shall have to defray the expense of their acquisition. Under no circumstances shall the employee be required in any way, to contribute directly or indirectly to assume, totally or partially, the expense of acquiring said uniforms. Pursuant to this section, every health services employer is required to assume the obligation to furnish uniforms, or their equivalent in money, to the nurses, as well as to laboratory and radiology technicians, therapists, or other technical health professionals whose practice requires the use of uniforms. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 7; July 30, 1999, No. 192, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250f/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250f - Persons excluded from this chapter	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250f - Persons excluded from this chapter	(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons employed in domestic service in a family residence, except chauffeurs; (2) persons employed by the Government of the United States of America, the Government of Puerto Rico, except by those agencies or instrumentalities thereof that operate as private businesses or enterprises, and (3) persons employed by the municipal governments. (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to “administrators”, “executives” and “professionals” as said terms are defined by Regulation Number 13 of the Minimum Wage Board, or as subsequently amended by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources under the powers granted by this chapter. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 8.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250g/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250g - Violations; penalties	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250g - Violations; penalties	(a) Any person who as an employer, or an administrator, official, agent, employee or person in charge of a firm, partnership or corporation, or of another person or persons, violates or refuses to comply or is reticent in complying with any provision of this chapter, or any decree or regulation adopted by the Minimum Wage Board, and which has been validated by the provisions of this chapter, or that is subsequently issued by the Legislature pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. (b) In the event of a second violation of the infractions mentioned in this section, a fine which shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days nor more than one year, or both penalties, shall be imposed at the discretion of the court. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 9.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250h/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250h - Injunction and other proceedings	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250h - Injunction and other proceedings	(a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or through any of his/her duly authorized employees or agents to ensure compliance of this chapter. To such effects, whenever the Secretary believes that any employer is violating or is going to violate any provision of this chapter, shall file an injunction or any other remedies that may be needed to enforce the terms of this chapter. The Court of First Instance, Superior Part, shall have the authority to hear and decide all the abovementioned suits. (b) To such effects, every employer: (1) Shall allow the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or any of his/her duly authorized employees or agents, free access to all sites and properties in which or with which any type of work is performed, in order to perform any investigation on the prevailing working conditions therein. (2) Shall allow the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or any of his/her authorized employees or agents to inspect his/her accounting books, reports, contracts, lists, payrolls, and all records of the employees’ working conditions in order to perform any investigation related to compliance of any provision of this chapter. (c) Any employer who does not comply with or violates any of the duties or obligations stated in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), or a maximum term of one month of imprisonment, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court, and in case of a second offense, he/she shall be punished with a fine of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) or imprisonment for a term of ninety (90) days, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 10.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250i/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250i - Claims filed by employees	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250i - Claims filed by employees	(a) Any employee or worker who receives compensation for his/her work which is less than that prescribed by this chapter or a collective bargaining agreement or an individual work contract, shall be entitled to collect through a civil suit, the difference owed up to the total amount of the corresponding compensation for wages, vacation and sick leave, or any other benefit, plus an amount equal to that which has not been paid to him/her as additional compensation, plus costs interest, expenses and fees of the lawyers in the case, notwithstanding any other agreement to the contrary. (b) All claims that several or all of the workers or employees have against an employer in common for work performed in the same establishment, firm or site may be joined in a single suit. (c) Claims may be handled by regular suit or through any procedure for wage claims that are established in other laws of Puerto Rico. (d) With regard to compliance of this chapter, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may file suit on his own account or at the request of one or more workers or employees with an interest therein, and in representation and benefit of one or more of the same who are in similar circumstances, for the payment of any indebted amount for wages, additional compensation, interests, costs, expenses and lawyers fees that are indicated in subsection (a) of this section. Any worker with an interest therein may become a plaintiff in any suit that is thus brought by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources. (e) The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may become a plaintiff or intervener in any judicial suit or proceeding that is filed by any person under this chapter. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 11.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-11a/250j/	PR	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 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j)›§ 250j - Prescriptive term	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 11A - Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act (§§ 250 — 250j) › § 250j - Prescriptive term	(a) An employee’s suit to claim wages against his/her employer under this chapter or any mandatory decree approved or to be approved pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or under any contract or law, shall prescribe within a term of (3) years. The term for this action to prescribe shall be counted from the time that the employee ceased to work for the employer. The prescriptive term indicated above shall be interrupted and shall begin anew through the judicial or extra judicial claim for the wage debt filed by the worker, his representative or an official of the Department empowered to do so, and by any act by the employer acknowledging the debt. (b) When the employee is working with the employer, the claim shall only include the salaries to which the employee is entitled for any reason during the three (3) years prior to the date the judicial action was filed. (c) In the event the employee has ceased working for the employer, the claim shall only include the last three (3) years prior to the date he/she stopped working. (d) With regard to the prescriptive term provided in this section, a change in the nature of the employee’s work shall not constitute a novation of the employment contract. (e) Provisions of this section shall in no way affect the cases that have already been filed in the courts, or those that are filed within one year after this act becomes effective. History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 12; May 21, 2000, No. 80, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/271/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 271 - Working hours—Per day and week	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 271 - Working hours—Per day and week	Eight (8) hours of work constitute the legal workday in Puerto Rico. Forty (40) hours of work constitute a workweek. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 2; July 23, 1974, No. 223, Part 2, p. 161, § 1; July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/272/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 272 - Working hours—Regular hours	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 272 - Working hours—Regular hours	Regular working hours are eight (8) hours during any workday and forty hours (40) during any workweek. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 3; July 23, 1974, No. 223, Part 2, p. 161, § 2; July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/273/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 273 - Overtime	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 273 - Overtime	Extra working hours are: (a) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of eight (8) hours during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. (b) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of forty during any week, unless the hours worked daily in excess of eight are paid at double time rates. (c) The hours that an employee works for his employer during the days or hours when the establishment in which he renders services should remain closed to the public by legal provision; Provided, however, That the hours worked by an employee for his employer during the days or hours in which the establishment must remain closed to the public shall not be considered extra hours, when the employer has obtained from the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources the permit required by §§ 289 and 290 of this title, and the total number of hours worked by the employee during said day do not exceed eight (8) hours, nor the total number of hours worked during the week exceed forty (40) hours. (d) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of such maximum working hours a day as the Minimum Wage Board may have fixed or may fix for the occupation, business, or industry in question. (e) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of the maximum number of working hours a day fixed in a collective bargaining agreement. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 4; July 23, 1974, No. 223, Part 2, p. 161, § 3; Dec. 1, 1989, No. 1, p. 633, § 12; Nov. 16, 2009, No. 143, § 7.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/273a/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 273a - Working hours—Flexible work schedule	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 273a - Working hours—Flexible work schedule	An alternate or optional flexible work schedule may be established solely by agreement between the employee and the employer, which will allow advancing or delaying the hour to begin the workday and the period assigned for meals. Employers shall process with priority those requests submitted by heads of families who have the patria potestas or sole custody of their minor children. This hourly work schedule shall be completed consecutively, without fractioning it. The aforesaid may be interrupted only for the period of time provided for or agreed upon for taking meals as established by law. Any such agreement shall also provide for a rest period of not less than twelve (12) consecutive hours, between daily work schedules. When these requirements are complied with, those hours which are the result of having advanced or delayed the work schedule or the time for taking meals during the workday shall not be deemed as overtime. Nevertheless, those hours worked during the periods reserved for resting or meals and those hours worked in excess of the daily eight (8) hour workday or the forty (40) hour workweek, shall be deemed to be, and paid as overtime, as provided in this chapter. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, added as § 5 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5; Jan. 4, 2002, No. 7, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/274/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 274 - Working hours—Extra wages for extra hours	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 274 - Working hours—Extra wages for extra hours	Every employer who employs or permits an employee to work during extra hours, shall be bound to pay him for each extra hour a wage rate equal to double the rate agreed upon for regular hours; Provided, however, That every employer in any industry in Puerto Rico covered by the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act approved by the Congress of the United States of America on June 25, 1938, as heretofore or hereafter amended, shall be under obligation to pay only for each extra hour of work in excess of the legal eight (8) hour working day a wage at a rate of not less than time and a half the rate of wage agreed upon for regular hours, save when by a decree of the Minimum Wage Board or by a collective bargaining agreement or both, other working and/or compensation standard has been fixed. To determine the wage rate agreed upon for regular working hours the daily, weekly, or monthly wages, or wages otherwise stipulated, shall be divided by the number of regular hours worked during that same period in accordance with the provisions of §§ 271—288 of this title. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 5; July 23, 1974, No. 223, Part 2, p. 161, § 4; renumbered as § 6 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/275/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 275 - Working hours—Construction of labor contracts	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 275 - Working hours—Construction of labor contracts	In every labor contract in which wages are stipulated by the day, it shall be understood that eight (8) hours constitute a working day, save in those cases where, by custom, nature of the work, provision of law, decree of the Minimum Wage Board, or collective agreement, the maximum working hours are less than eight (8) hours a day. Every decree, agreement, clause, or stipulation, that fixes a working day of more than eight (8) hours shall be null. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 6, renumbered as § 7 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/276/	PR	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 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299)›§ 276 - Working hours—Weekly wage as covering regular hours	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 13 - Working Hours and Days (§§ 271 — 299) › § 276 - Working hours—Weekly wage as covering regular hours	If an employee works for a weekly wage, the wage stipulated shall cover solely the payment of the regular working hours during each week. History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 7, renumbered as § 8 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5.