Littler San Juan’s Verónica M. Torres-Torres and Mariel Torres explain new guidance on exemptions for remote workers and airline staff. #NewsismyBusiness
The new online platform offers access to laws and regulations dating back to 1902. #NewsIsMyBusiness
Puerto Rico already has all the required laws and regulations to address these compliance gaps, and only needs to formally recognize that STRs are a commercial activity. #NewsismyBusiness
On the eve of becoming Puerto Rico’s first governor to resign from his post, Ricardo Rosselló signed a pair of laws whose net effect is to hinder access to public information and limit free expression, nonprofit group Open Spaces denounced. Cecille Blondet, executive director of Open Spaces said Rosselló stamped his signature on Acts 122 […]
The Senate’s Social and Economic Revitalization Committee recently held public hearings on Bill 374 that seeks to amend the Incentives law for the generation and retention of small and medium sized enterprise jobs.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed three legislative measures that seek to stimulate the economy and create new jobs in Puerto Rico, with special emphasis on small and medium enterprise, or SMEs.
The Puerto Rico Private Sector Coalition on Wednesday revisited its quest for labor reform, asking Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to present necessary legislation to promote a new environment for employers.
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association will be submitting a set of recommendations to the Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth addressing key areas in federal banking regulations that could be eased to benefit the Commonwealth’s economy, Executive Director Zoimé Álvarez-Rubio confirmed Wednesday.
For years it has been a customary practice to provide incentives to large foreign companies and chain stores that decide to land in Puerto Rico, from the very moment they plan to settle here.
The Puerto Rico Legislature should seek to reduce the increasing load of regulatory, administrative and tax obligations thrust on the island's small business sector, urged a candidate to the presidency of the United Retailers Association (CUD, as the trade group is known by its initials in Spanish).
The Puerto Rico Investment Summit, a two-day conference held in collaboration with the Department of Economic Development and Commerce of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Paulson & Co., will be held later this week, focusing on Puerto Rico as a business and investment destination.
The government of Jamaica announced Tuesday that the World Bank has agreed to provide technical assistance in respect of preparing a master plan to create a Caribbean logistics hub in anticipation of completion of the Panama Canal Expansion Project in 2015.
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