The government’s entire economic development component has been working on a reshoring strategy to attract manufacturing back to U.S. soil. #NewsismyBusiness
Potential cases can be reported confidentially to promote accountability and protect public funds. #NewsismyBusiness
The DELTA platform will streamline unemployment claims, employer services and fraud prevention. #NewsismyBusiness
Initiative by the Labor Department, the Mall of San Juan and some of its stores provide real work experiences for job applicants with disabilities. #NewsismyBusiness
Latest Labor Department report estimated 537,000 women in the workforce in 2022, but there is still room for gender equality. #NewsismyBusiness
Labor statistics reveal consistent economic growth, with the labor force participation rate rising. #NewsismyBusiness
Puerto Rico Labor Department reminds the private sector to prepare for the July 1 hike to $9.50. #NewsismyBusiness
Increases were seen in employment, wages and business establishments. #NewsismyBusiness
Thirteen months of low unemployment and a rise in nonfarm jobs mark progress. #NewsismyBusiness
Women Who Lead, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Puerto Rico Labor Department host discussions for business leaders on equal opportunity for women.
The number of employed people increased to 1,137,000.
Following a year and a half at his post as Puerto Rico Labor Secretary, Carlos Rivera is stepping down for personal reasons effective Dec. 31, he confirmed in an interview with News is my Business. “I’ll be honest when I say that I had to manage an emergency and I wasn’t going to turn my […]
The Department of Labor and Human Resources informed employers that they have until Dec. 15, 2021, to pay the bonus to private sector workers who are entitled to it, according to Puerto Rico laws. Employers looking to be exempted from paying the bonus to their employees, because they suffered economic losses or received earnings that […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor has been assigned a little more than $301,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to run its Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) programs. The assignment is included in a total $146 million assigned to workforce agencies in 48 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources announced the disbursement of a combined $465 million in unemployment benefits, split between $371.3 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments and $94 million in retroactive disbursements. Labor Secretary Carlos J. Rivera-Santiago confirmed that the latter payout covers the retroactive weekly payments of the $300 approved […]
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