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Every foreign corporation must obtain a certificate of authorization to do business in Puerto Rico. Any foreign corporation which fails to procure such certification cannot initiate any proceeding in Puerto Rico until such certificate is procured.
Puerto Rico is not an employment-at-will jurisdiction. However, employers are allowed to terminate employees at will during an initial probationary period. The probationary period in Puerto Rico used to be limited to ninety (90) days, provided the agreement was in writing.
Section 403 of PROMESA modified Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow employers to pay employees in Puerto Rico who are under the age of 25 years a subminimum wage of not less than $4.25 per hour for the first 90 consecutive calendar days after initial employment by their employer.
Act 80 (the Unjust Dismissal Act) regulates employment termination of employees hired for an indefinite term. Puerto Rico is not an 'employment at will' jurisdiction.
As a rule, employers with more than 15 employees are required to pay 6% of the employee's salary, up to a salary cap of $10,000, which is equivalent to a $600 bonus. Employers with up to 15 employees are required to pay 3% of the employee's salary, up to a salary cap of $10,000, which is equivalent to a $300 bonus.
According to Puerto Rico Act Number 379 of (Law No 379), which covers non-exempt (hourly) employees, eight hours of work constitutes a regular working day in Puerto Rico and 40 hours of work constitutes a workweek. Working hours exceeding these minimums must be compensated as overtime.
4 of 26 January 2017 (the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (Law No. 4)), requires that termination be for 'just cause' (or the payment of a statutory severance). A termination is for 'just cause' if it is not motivated by legally prohibited reasons or the product of the employer's caprice.
Alternatively, businesses organized under the laws of a state of the United States or a foreign country may register to be authorized to conduct business within Puerto Rico as a foreign corporation. These businesses must file with the Puerto Rico State Department a Certificate of Authorization to do Business.
Puerto Rico is not an 'employment at will' jurisdiction. Thus, an indefinite-term employee discharged without just cause is entitled to receive a statutory discharge indemnity (or severance payment) based on the length of service and a statutory formula.
From an employment law perspective, this means federal statutes such as Title VII, FLSA, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, USERRA, OSHA, ERISA, COBRA, among others, apply to Puerto Rico.