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On August 1, 2025, Governor Jennifer González signed Act 87-2025, titled, "Puerto Rico Lactation Code" ("Code" or "Act 87-2025").

This insurance, which is entirely employer-funded, is administered and can only be provided by the State Insurance Fund (SIF).

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 December 22, 2022, the Puerto Rico Governor signed into law Act No. 114-2022 ("Act. No. 114") which seeks to provide certain rights for individual who participate in internship programs and/or

Although this case involved a governmental agency in the public sector, its implications also apply to employers in the private sector.

In Torres Rivera v. Econo, 2021 TSPR 150, 208 D.P.R. __ (Nov. 18, 2021), the Puerto Rico Supreme Court ("PRSC") determined that when a plaintiff prevails in a discrimination lawsuit...

On August 1, 2019, just a day prior to his resignation as Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló signed into law Act No. 83 of August 1, 2019 ("Act 83" or "the Act"),

On June 26, 2025, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court (PRSC) issued an opinion in Méndez Ruiz v. Techno Plastics Industries, Inc., 216 D.P.R. ____, 2025 TSPR 68 (2025), determining whether the defendant had "just cause"...

Under recently enacted Act No. 83-2019 (the Act), employees of the public and private sector in Puerto Rico may take up to 15 days of unpaid leave each calendar year to handle situations related

On January 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico had the opportunity to address the "national origin" protected category under the anti-discrimination provisions...

A new law in Puerto Rico provides several pay and anti-discrimination protections for athletes on account of their pregnancies.

On March 14, 2020, new Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources Regulations to administer the Equal Pay Program will come into effect.

Puerto Rico's new Act 204-2026 carves out safety-sensitive transportation roles from medical cannabis patient employment protections, creating a categorical exception...

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has issued an opinion interpreting, for the first time, several provisions of the Puerto Rico Labor Reform Act of 2017...

On July 24, 2024, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Pedro Pierluisi, signed into law Senate Bill 1282, the Law Against Discrimination Based on Hair Styles.

On August 7, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Wanda Vázquez Garced, signed into law the "Act to Prohibit and Prevent Workplace Harassment in Puerto Rico," previously known as House Bill No. 306.

On February 11, 2021, the Women's Advocate Office (WAO) published Guidelines on the Acclimatization of Lactation Rooms (Guidelines)