Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay more than $35 million in back wages and interest to 4,490 current and former employees of the territory’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Puerto Rico's coffee industry and its wage practices are under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Labor: starting this month, the agency will target this sector to verify that employers are in compliance with the federal minimum wage.
The owner of Piccolo e Posto restaurant in Guaynabo will have to pay close to $130,000 in unpaid minimum wages as well as $1,472 in unpaid overtime to 26 workers for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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