The adoption of the so-called “employment at will” doctrine may not be the right solution for Puerto Rico’s low labor participation rate and
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The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday awarded $112 million to 50 state and territorial workforce agencies, including Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday it has awarded $80 million to workforce agencies in 44 states and in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Is
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With all things being equal in the work place, and despite the milestones women have achieved over the past decades, much remains to be done to ac
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Puerto Rico’s labor force had 25,000 fewer members in December, when compared to the same month in 2013, which could account for the lower unemp
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Puerto Rico’s “Great Recession,” as is the case with any complex phenomena, is not without its own myths. For example, the prevailing wisdom is
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Kelly Services is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Puerto Rico, where it has placed thousands of individuals in temporary and permanent positio
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics announced Thursday a series of changes to the methodology used to
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Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla said Wednesday his administration has created some 41,145 new jobs in the past 12 months, under the Jobs Now Act le
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Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate jumped by a full percentage point year-over-year in December, when it reached 15.4 percent, Puerto Rico Labor De
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