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.
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate stood at 14.8 percent in April, representing the lowest level in 16 months. The number of employed people on the island increased by 22,000, while those on the unemployment lines were the lowest in the last four months.
Labor Secretary Miguel Romero submitted a $116.5 million budget for fiscal 2012 to the House Treasury Committee Friday, saying it will be enough for the agency to operate and run a number of programs that pursue job creation in a market where the workforce barely reaches 42 percent.
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