Puerto Rico Consultant's Agreement for Employee to Continue Providing Services
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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.
An employment contract doesn't always have to be in writing to be enforceable. While that may be the case, written agreements are certainly easier to enforce and not subject to certain limitations that oral agreements are. Oral agreements are still subject to the requirements of what it takes to form a basic contract.
A verbal job offer, which is made and accepted formally, is legally binding on both the parties. However, it's a bit more complicated than a written agreement since you must establish the terms of employment at the time of the offer.
At-Will Employment States:All states in the U.S., excluding Montana, are at-will. Most do have exceptions, but the states of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Nebraska, Maine, New York, and Rhode Island do not allow any exceptions.
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.
Only where the promise expressly limits the employer's right to terminate will there be an enforceable contract. Further, the oral promise or statement must be attributable to the employer.
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.
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.
An employment contract is a written, binding agreement between an employer and a prospective or current employee that, when properly drafted, can be a highly effective way of protecting a company's financial and intellectual resources. Not every employment relationship will require a contract.
The states that do not are:Arizona.Delaware.Florida.Georgia.Indiana.Louisiana.Massachusetts.Missouri.More items...
