The powerhouse practice at market-leading specialist labour and employment firm Littler Mendelson, P.C. leverages its global presence to assist clients with a diverse range of matters. The firm’s comprehensive offering covers matters from arbitration, background checks, the labour aspects of business restructuring and M&A, class actions and compliance to employment taxes, immigration, investigations, trainings, trade secrets and workers’ compensation. Key figures include seasoned litigator Anabel Rodríguez-Alonso, who assists clients with collective bargaining strategy and collective bargaining agreement administration, mediation and arbitration; Carl Schuster, who brings decades of experience of handling disputes involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination; and Mariela Rexach, who has acted in cases before the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Specialists in complex litigation involving major players in the pharmaceuticals industry, including Pfizer and GSK, the labour and employment team at Jackson Lewis P.C. also brings strength to day-to-day matters for major insurers and domestic and multinational corporates across the hospitality, retail, aviation, energy, retail, financial services and tech sectors. The team is headed by veteran trial lawyer Juan Felipe Santos, who assists with human resources compliance and with collective and class actions regarding wage and hour disputes, employment discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge and statutory leaves of absence. Sara Colón-Acevedo and Pedro Torres-Díaz bring extensive trial experience before both federal and local courts and administrative forums in Puerto Rico. Carlos Saavedra-Gutiérrez utilises a background as general counsel to the Governor of Puerto Rico. The team was strengthened by the additions of associates Karina Rodríguez, who joined from Estrella LLC in August 2022, and Marcia Laurido-Soto, who joined from Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLP in March 2023.

The labour and employment team at Cancio, Nadal & Rivera brings strength to assisting companies in the public and private spheres. Seasoned litigator Marta Rivera-Ruiz represents clients in proceedings before administrative agencies, and state and federal courts. Francisco Vargaz-López defends mid-sized and multinational corporates against a wide range of claims of unjust discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment and workers’ compensation. Rafael Nadal Arcelay, who heads the firm’s educational law and general civil practice department, brings experience in labour relations, collective bargaining and the negotiation of complex agreements.

The labour and employment team at Casillas Santiago & Torres LLC provides expertise in representing national and multinational corporates in litigation and advising on a wide range of issues across the practice area, from recruiting, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, collective bargaining agreements and the implementation of workplace rules and handbooks to terminations and internal investigations into discrimination and sexual harassment claims. Juan Casillas-Ayala, who assists with reductions in the work force, reorganisations, class actions, arbitration and guidance in corporate transactions, is the key contact.

Jiménez Graffam & Lausell leverages the experience of its team to advise employers on a full spectrum of labour and employment matters, ranging from collective bargaining, wage and hour compliance, corporate governance, internal investigations and business restructurings to workplace trainings, labour arbitration, start-ups and general employment litigation. Key figures include Raquel Dulzaides, who assists with litigation prevention, union issues, representation drives, and decertification, and Nelson Román-Méndez, who handles employment contracts and employment discrimination and retaliation claims. The firm also benefits from the expertise of Yasthel González, a skilled litigator who has extensive experience in labour law, who joined from Estrella LLC in 2022.

The experienced labour and employment group at Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLP advises clients on the full spectrum of matters across the practice area. These range from collective bargaining, arbitration, class actions and immigration issues to lawsuits for wrongful discharge and discrimination, regulatory compliance and risk management. Key figures include counsel Juan Pérez-Otero, who brings expertise in representing employers in federal and state courts and in labour arbitration; counsel Maria Rey Cancio, who specialises in the design, establishment and administration of employee pensions and welfare benefit plans; and of counsel Héctor Santaella-Santé, who acts for local and global corporations across such sectors as telecoms, banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, insurance, construction and security.

The team at boutique firm Silva-Cofresí, Manzano & Padró, LLC provides a comprehensive service to address the full range of labour and employment issues, ranging from certification and decertification proceedings, labour arbitration, collective bargaining agreements, unfair labour practices litigation and human resources training to discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace harassment, retaliation and wrongful discharge claims and internal investigations of employee claims and complaints. Key figures include José A. Silva Cofresí, who has over 40 years' experience of handling labour and employment litigation matters; Pedro Manzano Yates, whose practice focuses on employment discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination claims; and Enrique Padró-Rodríguez, who represents management in federal and state courts, as well as in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the United States and Puerto Rico Departments of Labour.

The team at Toro Colón Mullet, P.S.C. advises employers in connection with a wide range of federal and commonwealth labour and employment law issues, including the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, unfair labour disputes, labour arbitration, and labour regulatory and legislative affairs. The practice is chaired by counsel Juan Curbelo-Pizá, who brings over 45 years of experience, and who provides representation in labour cases before the National Labour Relations Board and before the Puerto Rico Labour Relations Board. Other key figures include Linette Figueroa-Torres, who acts for clients in harassment, employment discrimination and wrongful termination claims, and special counsel Wilfredo Soto-Suárez.