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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