The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday a total of $43.2 million in Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker Grants to 43 states and territories to support and improve connectivity among existing workforce programs.
Women represent 54 percent of Puerto Rico’s public-sector workforce, while the median age of all government workers is 45 years old, according to a study released by the island’s Statistics Institute over the weekend.
The Puerto Rico Products Association expressed its support, but with reservations, of President Barack Obama’s proposal to increase minimum wage to $9 in 2015.