Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay more than $35 million in back wages and interest to 4,490 current and former employees of the territory’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy filings were down 8 percent during the 12-month period that ended in December 2012, when a total of 10,362 petitions were filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, according to preliminary statistics offered Wednesday by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
Lorraine Enterprises Inc., the owners of Guaynabo restaurant Piccolo e Posto, have filed a motion for reconsideration at the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico regarding a recent judgment ordering them to pay close to $130,000 in pending minimum wages as well as $1,472 in outstanding overtime to 26 workers for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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