Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced a revision of Executive Order 2020-054 establishing that businesses will remain closed on July 26, except pharmacies, supermarkets, gas stations and restaurants. She also banned the sale of alcoholic beverages that day. “We’ve seen a lack of control on the weekends, especially on Sundays, when many people forget that […]
CooperVision, a company dedicated to making contact lenses, announced a $150 million investment to expand its Juana Díaz manufacturing plant and create 225 new jobs, company and government officials said. The project also entails the certification of 285 current employees in new highly automated technology, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy and […]
A group of four interrelated Puerto Rico security guard companies and their principals have been ordered to pay a total of $715,685 in back wages and damages to 400 employees for their willful violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The decision comes after the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico […]
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