Puerto Rico enacted legislation (House Bill No. 2424) effective August 8, 2020 expanding its Working Mothers Protection Act to provide up to five weeks of job-protected, paid leave to female employees who adopt a minor child six years of age or older. The leave entitlement begins to run on the date the child is received … Continued
Non-exempt employees in Puerto Rico are entitled to five working days of paid leave if they become infected or are suspected of being infected with COVID-19. Effective immediately upon its April 9, 2020 enactment, the new leave provision amends the Puerto Rico Minimum Salary, Vacation and Sick Leave Act, Act 180-1998, which excludes employees classified … Continued
On February 20, 2018, Puerto Rico’s Leave for Catastrophic Illness law, which provides six days of paid leave for employees for their own serious illness, goes into effect. The law contains the following provisions: Employee Eligiblity: All employees, including exempt, non-exempt employees, and temporary employees, are covered once they have worked more than 12 months … Continued
