On October 8, 2019, effective immediately, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act No. 150, known as the "Act to Protect Employee's Credit Information" ("the Act").

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule (16 CFR Part 910) prohibiting employers from requiring their workers to enter non-compete agreements or requiring them...

On December 6, 2017, the Puerto Rico Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources ("Secretary") published the proposed Regulation to Administer Act No. 379 of May 15, 1948 ...

In Kendall Hope Tucker v. Money Group, 2026 TSPR 9, 217 DPR ___ (2026), the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico addressed the enforceability of an arbitration clause contained in a private employment contract in the context...

On April 26, 2018, the FOMB sent, for the first time since its creation, a proposed bill to the Puerto Rico Legislature.

Puerto Rico Governor Jennifer González recently signed into law two employment statutes, Act No. 37-2025 and Act No. 26-2025, governing arbitration and hiring preferences for veterans, respectively.

On June 1, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Wanda Vázquez-Garced, signed into law Puerto Rico's new Civil Code. Some of these changes could impact employment-related contracts, although...

On June 30, 2022, the governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act No. 52 (Act 52-2022), which amended the concept of "engaged in trade or business" under the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code...

In the summer of 2022, Puerto Rico enacted Act 52-2022, which amended the concept of "engaged in trade or business" under the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code ...

The case arose from a dispute between Mech-Tech College and an independent contractor. The independent contractor assisted in creating promotional content and appeared in the institution’s audiovisual materials.

On June 20, 2022, Puerto Rico's governor signed Act No. 41, which modifies several of Puerto Rico's current employment statutory entitlements, providing greater employment...

On January 26, 2024, Puerto Rico enacted Law 27-2024, which exempts certain remote workers and their employers from complying with Puerto Rico's employment laws.

The term "force majeure" takes us on a trip down memory lane to the law school classroom where our contracts professor spoke of antiquated doctrines of limited practical use.

Last January 17, 2024, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law the Act to Facilitate the Implementation of Remote Work in the Private Sector and to Promote the Establishment of Airline Operations

On January 14, 2021, the NLRB issued a decision in Asociacion de Empleados del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, 370 NLRB No. 71. The decision involved the issue of whether ...

Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States easily accessed by travelers from the U. S. mainland, and its citizens are U. S. citizens.

As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) has recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico's Employment Legislation