Puerto Rico Compressed Work Week Policy
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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.
Employment law in Puerto Rico is covered both by U.S. labor law and Puerto Rico's Constitution, which affirms the right of employees to choose their occupation, to have a reasonable minimum salary, a regular workday not exceeding eight hours, and to receive overtime compensation for work beyond eight hours.
Normal Working Hours The regular work shift for non-exempt employees is 8 hours per day and a regular workweek of 40 hours per week. The workweek will begin on the day and time that the employer determines and so the employer will notify the employee in writing.
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.
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.
Domestic workers, government employees, and white-collar executive, professional, or administrative workers are all completely exempt from overtime pay under Puerto Rico law.
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.
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.
