The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in federal court against Beneficiado de Café Las Indieras, doing business as Hacienda Remanso de Paz, and its president, Wilfredo Ruiz-Vargas, for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and record-keeping provisions.
German pharmaceutical Sartorius Stedim Biotech inaugurated Tuesday its new $20 million expansion at its Yauco plant, completed some 14 months after it announced plans to increase its presence in Puerto Rico.
Eight weeks into the process of finding a private operator to design, build, finance and maintain the proposed “New Juvenile Social Treatment Campus” in Yauco, the Public-Private Partnership Authority announced Wednesday it received 11 proposals from local and international interested consortiums.