Executive Summary: On January 26, 2017, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Ricardo Roselló, signed into law the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (the “Act”). The Act represents the first ...

The island’s labor laws discourage companies from operating in Puerto Rico and have driven its labor force participation rate down to 40 percent—one of the worst in the world.

The 2017 Labor Reform made changes to the Puerto Rico Unjust Dismissal Act (Law 80), as well as various local overtime laws, meal break requirements, vacation and sick time accrual rates, and ...

A Puerto Rico federal district court denied Walmart’s motion to dismiss the claims of an atheist employee that he faced discrimination, including retaliatory discharged due to his lack of religious ...

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board filed suit against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi regarding a labor law it says reduces the island's economic growth and government revenues. The board is challenging Act 41 ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico's new governor has signed a much-debated labor reform bill that targets the private sector and aims to stimulate the island's economy amid concerns that it ...

Walmart Puerto Rico Inc. is free of some allegations that it fired an atheist ex-employee after he complained about Christian coworkers who played religious music at work and attempted to convert him.

Residents have decried the "aggressiveness" of immigration raids in a U.S. territory without permanent detention centers and ...

The island’s labor laws discourage companies from operating in Puerto Rico and have driven its labor force participation rate down to 40 percent—one of the worst in the world.