Puerto Rico jobless rate at 7.5% in Dec. ’21, down from 9.2% in Dec. ’20
January 26, 2022
Puerto Rico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 7.5% in December 2021, representing a decrease of 0.3 percentage points when compared to November 2021, and 9.2% when compared to December 2020, dropping 1.7 percentage ...
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Pierluisi names new Puerto Rico Labor Secretary
January 10, 2022
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi has appointed Gabriel Maldonado-González as Puerto Rico’s new Department of Labor and Human Resources secretary, filling the vacancy left by his predecessor, Carlos Santiago, who stepped down Dec. 31. Maldonado has extensive ...
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Puerto Rico Labor Dept. investing $22M on new online jobless benefits platform
December 15, 2021
The Puerto Rico Labor Department will implement a new virtual platform for the island’s unemployment program — a $22 million project for which it has hired the firm Geographic Solution to work in collaboration with ...
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