Starting today, the Puerto Rico Labor Department is moving its “drive-up” unemployment benefits document drop-off service to the Puerto Rico Convention Center in the Miramar sector of San Juan, agency Secretary Briseida Torres said. “Given the reopening of business activity and the need to provide a more efficient service to applicants, we decided to move […]
Puerto Rico’s self-employed population will be able to apply for unemployment benefits through the Labor Department starting April 28, agency Secretary Briseida Torres said. The benefit will be available for first time for independent contractors through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program created through the CARES Act signed into law Mar. 27, to aid workers whose […]
Employees or self-employed individuals — who lost their livelihood as a direct consequence of Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria — may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
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