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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/171/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/172/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/173/ | 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)›§ 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/174/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/175/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/176/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/176a/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/177/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/178/ | 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)›§ 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/179/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185a/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185b/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185c/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/185d/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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/ | 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)›§ 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-9/189/ | 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)›§ 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. |
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 ... |
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—Dedu... | 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... |
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—Cer... | 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... |
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—Not... | 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 employe... |
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—Ill... | 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 diffe... |
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 test... | 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, a... |
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 tes... | 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;... | (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, administrat... |
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 tes... | 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 lia... | 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 aggrava... |
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 ... |
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 l... |
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 c... |
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.... |
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 s... |
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 w... |
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 t... |
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 “b... |
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 Secr... |
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 f... |
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 thousan... |
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 employ... |
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 fed... |
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 fede... | 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... |
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) In... |
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 m... |
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 fif... |
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, ... |
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 b... |
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 W... |
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 i... |
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 fo... |
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 t... |
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 doub... |
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 ha... |
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 ... |
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)... |
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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/277/ | 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)›§ 277 - Working hours—Monthly 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) › § 277 - Working hours—Monthly wage as covering regular hours | If an employee works for a monthly wage, the wage stipulated shall cover solely the payment of the regular working hours during each month.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 8, renumbered as § 9 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/278/ | 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)›§ 278 - Working hours—Piecework; 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) › § 278 - Working hours—Piecework; extra hours | If the contract is on the basis of piecework or any other unit of work, the employee shall be entitled to receive double compensation for the pieces or units made during extra hours.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 9, renumbered as § 10 on July 20, 1995, No. 83, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/279/ | 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)›§ 279 - Working hours—Construction and improvement work; extra hours; prescription on claim | 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) › § 279 - Working hours—Construction and improvement work; extra hours; prescription on claim | In building, reconstruction, repair works, or works for the improvement of property, done by the job and in any other work in which contractors, subcontractors, ajustadores, foremen, or any agent or representative of the employer intervenes, the employee shall also be entitled to additional compensation on the basis of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/280/ | 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)›§ 280 - Working hours—Consolidation of payment for regular and extra hours void | 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) › § 280 - Working hours—Consolidation of payment for regular and extra hours void | No provision of §§ 271—288 of this title shall justify any employer to reduce the wage paid by him during the month of January 1948 for one working day, one working week, or one working month, or to pay to any employee a lower wage than the one paid by him to the same employee as of said date.
Any clause or stipulation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/281/ | 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)›§ 281 - Working hours—Waiver of wages for extra time prohibited | 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) › § 281 - Working hours—Waiver of wages for extra time prohibited | It is hereby declared that the additional compensation on the basis of double time fixed by §§ 271—288 of this title for extra hours of work may not be waived.
Any clause or stipulation by virtue of which the employee agrees to waive the payment of the additional compensation for extra hours fixed by §§ 271—288 of this... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/282/ | 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)›§ 282 - Working hours—Claims of employees; damages; compromise; intervention of mediators | 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) › § 282 - Working hours—Claims of employees; damages; compromise; intervention of mediators | Any employee who receives a compensation less than that fixed by §§ 271—288 of this title for regular hours and extra hours of work, or for the period fixed for meals, shall be entitled to recover from his employer, through civil action, the sums unpaid, plus an equal sum as liquidation of damages, in addition to the c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/283/ | 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)›§ 283 - Working hours—Posting notice of work hours; printed models | 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) › § 283 - Working hours—Posting notice of work hours; printed models | Every employer shall affix in a conspicuous place in the establishment, shop, factory, plantation, office or place of work, as the case may be, a printed notice setting forth the number of working hours required daily from the employees for each day of the week, the time to begin and end work, and the time to begin and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/284/ | 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)›§ 284 - Working hours—Payrolls made and kept by employer; subject to inspection | 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) › § 284 - Working hours—Payrolls made and kept by employer; subject to inspection | Every employer shall be obliged to make, keep, and preserve the payrolls of the persons employed by him, stating the salaries earned and the regular hours and extra hours worked by each one, and other conditions and practices of employment maintained by him. The payrolls shall be kept in accordance with such reasonable... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/285/ | 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)›§ 285 - Working hours—Occupations subject to law; exceptions | 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) › § 285 - Working hours—Occupations subject to law; exceptions | The provisions of §§ 271—288 of this title shall govern in every commercial, industrial, and agricultural establishment; in every shop, factory, refinery, mill, and plant; in every ranch, property, farm, estate, and plantation; in every public service enterprise; in every profit or nonprofit business, including printin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/286/ | 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)›§ 286 - Working hours—Regulations by Secretary of Labor and Human Resources | 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) › § 286 - Working hours—Regulations by Secretary of Labor and Human Resources | The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall prepare the rules and regulations necessary for the best enforcement of §§ 271—288 of this title. Such rules and regulations shall, after they are approved by the Governor and are duly promulgated, have the force of law.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 17, ren... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/287/ | 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)›§ 287 - Working hours—Penalties | 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) › § 287 - Working hours—Penalties | Every employer who fails to pay the rate of wages stipulated in §§ 271—288 of this title for regular hours or extra hours of work, or who permits, induces, or obliges an employee to waive, to accept, or to agree to waive, the compensation on the basis of double time for extra hours, or who does not keep the payrolls of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/288/ | 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)›§ 288 - Working hours—Definitions | 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) › § 288 - Working hours—Definitions | The following definitions of words and phrases in §§ 271—288 of this title shall be accepted, unless it is otherwise deduced from the context hereof:
(1) Employee.— Includes every employee, workman, day laborer, artisan, laborer, clerk, shop clerk and every person employed for wages, salary, day wages, or any other for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/289/ | 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)›§ 289 - Permits for employment outside 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) › § 289 - Permits for employment outside regular hours | The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby authorized to grant permits to employers or owners of establishments to employ workmen or employees in the days or hours in which the establishments must remain closed to the public or in night hours during which work by women is forbidden by Act June 21, 1919, No. 7... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/290/ | 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)›§ 290 - Permits for employment outside regular hours—Penalties | 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) › § 290 - Permits for employment outside regular hours—Penalties | Every employer who violates §§ 289 and 290 of this title or any section or provision hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than one hundred dollars ($100). For any subsequent violation of §§ 289 and 290 of this title or of any section or prov... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/291/ | 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)›§ 291 - Public works—Hours for laborers | 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) › § 291 - Public works—Hours for laborers | In all public works constructed in Puerto Rico, whether by contract or by administration, where the Commonwealth Government, any municipality of Puerto Rico or any commission or board approved by virtue of law, is an interested party, and where it may be necessary to employ laborers, workingmen or mechanics, these shal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/292/ | 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)›§ 292 - Public works—Penalties | 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) › § 292 - Public works—Penalties | Any contractor, subcontractor or other person performing any public work of the Commonwealth government or of any municipality of Puerto Rico, violating the provisions of § 291 of this title, shall be deemed guilty of [a] misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) or c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/293-294/ | 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)›§§ 293, 294 - Repealed. Act Apr. 8, 2011, No. 54, § 1, eff. Apr. 8, 2011 | 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) › §§ 293, 294 - Repealed. Act Apr. 8, 2011, No. 54, § 1, eff. Apr. 8, 2011 | History —Mar. 12, 1908, p. 170, § 1; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/294/ | 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)›§ 294 - Hours of labor for railroad employees—Penalties [Repealed] | 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) › § 294 - Hours of labor for railroad employees—Penalties [Repealed] | History —Mar. 12, 1908, p. 170, § 2; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/295/ | 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)›§ 295 - One day of rest for every six days | 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) › § 295 - One day of rest for every six days | All employees of any commercial or industrial establishment, enterprise or lucrative or nonlucrative business, including those operated by nonprofit associations or organizations and charitable institutions, not subject to the provisions of former § 2201 of Title 33, relative to the closing to the public, shall be enti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/296/ | 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)›§ 296 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Piecework as exempt | 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) › § 296 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Piecework as exempt | The provisions of §§ 295—299 of this title shall not be applicable to occasional or piecework.
History —Apr. 9, 1946, No. 289, p. 682, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/297/ | 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)›§ 297 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Salary deduction prohibited | 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) › § 297 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Salary deduction prohibited | No employer shall deduct any sum from the salary of any employee for the day of rest established by §§ 295—299 of this title.
History —Apr. 9, 1946, No. 289, p. 682, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/298/ | 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)›§ 298 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Double wages for work on day of rest | 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) › § 298 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Double wages for work on day of rest | Any employer who employs or permits an employee to work on the day of rest established by §§ 295—299 of this title shall be obliged to pay said employee for the hours worked during such day of rest a rate double the salary rate agreed upon for regular working hours.
History —Apr. 9, 1946, No. 289, p. 682, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-13/299/ | 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)›§ 299 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Definition of employee | 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) › § 299 - One day of rest for every six (6) days—Definition of employee | For the purposes of §§ 295—299 of this title, employees shall be understood to mean any employee, laborer, clerk, workman, day laborer or person who works for an employer for a salary, wage, or any other compensation. Employee shall not be understood, however, to mean professionals, executives and administrators.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-14/301/ | 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 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312)›§ 301 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312) › § 301 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated hereinbelow:
(a) Day.— Shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, which begin and end at midnight.
(b) Business establishment.— Shall mean any site, store or similar place where any type of business operation or comm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-14/302/ | 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 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312)›§ 302 - Full-day closing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312) › § 302 - Full-day closing | Commercial establishments that operate in hotels, paradores, condo hotels, airports, sea ports, or in zones classified as tourist, old or historical zones, or commercial establishments devoted predominantly to the service or sale of items of tourist interest; establishments that operate in facilities devoted to cultura... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-14/304/ | 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 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312)›§ 304 - Sunday opening and pay | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312) › § 304 - Sunday opening and pay | Business establishments, except for those mentioned in § 302 of this title, shall remain closed to the public on Sundays from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. only, without being able to perform any kind of work outside of the hours established in this section, except that, at the discretion of the owner, agent, manager or pers... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-14/310/ | 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 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312)›§ 310 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312) › § 310 - Penalties | All infractions of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute unjust and unfair trade practices or tactics. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall oversee faithful compliance with this chapter, and in terms of open business hour schedules and days, such Department shall impose on violators of this chapter, admin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-14/312/ | 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 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312)›§ 312 - Suspension of effectiveness | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 14 - Regulation of Operation of Commercial Establishments (§§ 301 — 312) › § 312 - Suspension of effectiveness | The Governor of Puerto Rico may, through executive order, suspend the effectiveness of § 302 of this title upon the occurrence of special circumstances that alter or threaten to alter the social and/or economic order, such as storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, tidal waves, other meteorological phenomena of great force, f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-15/346/ | 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 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358)›§ 346 - Scaffold and ladder regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358) › § 346 - Scaffold and ladder regulations | All kinds of scaffolds, elevators, hoists, platforms, or ladders, or any other mechanical appliance, whether portable or fixed, placed, or constructed by any person, firm, or corporation in this Commonwealth for the purpose of building, repairing, altering, destroying, or painting any house, building, bridge, viaduct, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-15/347/ | 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 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358)›§ 347 - Scaffold and ladder regulations—Notice of use of scaffolds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358) › § 347 - Scaffold and ladder regulations—Notice of use of scaffolds | Any natural or [juridical] person attempting to carry out in Puerto Rico any work where the construction of scaffolds is necessary shall be required to notify the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources in writing within the first five (5) days after commencing work, indicating the nature of the work to be done, the dat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-15/348/ | 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 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358)›§ 348 - Scaffold and ladder regulations—Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358) › § 348 - Scaffold and ladder regulations—Penalties | Any person, or the administrator, superintendent, foreman, majordomo, or representative of said person who violates §§ 346—348 of this title shall be punished by a minimum fine of twenty-five dollars ($25) or by imprisonment in jail for a maximum term of sixty (60) days.
History —May 6, 1936, No. 61, p. 314, § 3, eff. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-15/349/ | 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 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358)›§ 349 - Acquisition of safety models and devices—1949 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358) › § 349 - Acquisition of safety models and devices—1949 | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to invest, from the reserve funds and surpluses in the State Insurance Fund created by §§ 1—42 of Title 11, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the acquisition or production of safety models and devic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-nine/part-i/chapter-15/350/ | 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 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358)›§ 350 - Acquisition of safety models and devices—1949; purchase or production of models; sale to emp... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 15 - Safety of Workmen (§§ 321 — 358) › § 350 - Acquisition of safety models and devices—1949; purchase or production of models; sale to employers | For the purposes of §§ 349 and 350 of this title, the Manager of the State Insurance Fund may acquire said models and devices through the firms or dealers selling them, or encourage the preparation and production thereof with the collaboration of the Corporation Prison Industries of Puerto Rico, the School of Industria... |
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