Companies that hire 50 or more employees represent 56% of local establishments, the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank stated. #NewsismyBusiness
Littler San Juan’s Verónica M. Torres-Torres and Mariel Torres explain new guidance on exemptions for remote workers and airline staff. #NewsismyBusiness
The labor-force participation rate, not seasonally adjusted, for May 2024 was estimated at 44%, which is 3.6 percentage points more than as of January 2021. #NewsismyBusiness
Research shows that the AI disruption in labor markets will be substantial, affecting most companies, industries and workers. #NewsismyBusiness
Its new program aims to reduce worker fatalities in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the USVI. #NewsIsMyBusiness
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The US Department of Labor recently awarded the Puerto Rico Labor Department a little more than $2.4 million to help the agency detect and combat fraud in its unemployment insurance programs. The funds are part of a global $195.7 million allocation awarded to states and territories, and the District of Columbia, the federal agency said […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor announced the launch of a new online Pandemic Unemployment Assistance platform — known as FastPUA — to expedite claims, by working in tandem with the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, which will share taxpayer information. The Labor Department began testing the platform last week, during which some 5,749 claimants accessed […]
The U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a survey of all building, highway, residential, and heavy construction projects active in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico that occurred between July 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018, it announced. The purpose to establish prevailing wage rates as required under […]
WHD has also undertaken significant outreach activities to educate employers and employees about compliance with federal wage laws, as part of its ongoing hurricane response efforts.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that cement producer CEMEX de Puerto Rico has agreed to pay $291,722 in penalties.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday awards exceeding a combined $3 million for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to improve unemployment insurance programs.
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $73.6 million in YouthBuild grants to support academic and occupational skills training for at-risk youth.
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