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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 443 - Employment of minors—Permit to peddle

No minor under fourteen (14) years of age shall, on his own, engage or be employed by an employer in peddling, a word which means, according to law, the sale, offering for sale, solicitation, collection, or distribution of any article, product or merchandise, on the street, in any public place or from house to house; Provided, further, That no minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall engage or be employed in the delivery, sale or distribution of lottery tickets or cuadros or papeletas of hippodromes, dog racecourses (canódromos) or jai-alai centers or frontons.
Whenever a child between fourteen (14) and less than sixteen (16) years of age shall wish to engage, for his own account, in peddling (other than the delivery, sale or distribution of lottery tickets or race-track cuadros and papeletas) outside class hours, the parent or custodian of the child shall apply to the official authorized to issue employment certificates in the district where the child resides, for a special peddler’s permit authorizing said work. Such application shall set forth the specific nature of the work to be performed by the child, the hours when he is to engage in peddling, and the special conditions under which this is to be done; and said application shall be accompanied by the evidence required in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of § 437 of this title for the granting of regular employment certificates. Whenever said child is to be employed by an employer, the authorized official may issue a special peddler’s permit upon fulfillment of the same requirements as are required for a regular employment certificate; and in both cases, after it is found out upon investigation that the facts stated in the application are true and that the work will not impair the child’s health or his progress at school.
Special peddler’s permits shall authorize the employment of said minor only at such time when he has finished his daily school work, and his work shall be subject to the maximum hours stipulated in § 433 of this title for minors between fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years of age.
The employment of minors between fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years of age as peddlers shall be prohibited after ten o’clock in the evening and before six o’clock in the morning.
Minors between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age shall abide by the provisions governing night work, established in § 433 of this title.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 13; Apr. 15, 1946, No. 325, p. 870, § 2; June 29, 1954, No. 90, p. 464; June 23, 1976, No. 16, p. 723, § 1; renumbered as § 14 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 446 - Employment of minors—Certain work for minors under sixteen (16) prohibited

No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed, or permitted or suffered to work as messenger in the distribution or delivery of merchandise or messages for any person, firm or corporation during the hours comprised between 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., nor shall any minor be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any store, restaurant or cafeteria where alcoholic beverages are retailed, or in any hotel or boarding house.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 16; June 23, 1976, No. 16, p. 723, § 3; renumbered as § 17 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 447 - Employment of minors—Disposal of services of minor under eighteen (18) as acrobat, beggar, etc., prohibited

Every person having in his custody a minor under eighteen (18) years of age who employs, exhibits, apprentices, sells, gives away, or in any way disposes of such child with a view to employing him as an acrobat, or a gymnast, or a contortionist, or rope-dancer, or in any exhibition of like character, or as a beggar, or street singer or musician, or as a blind’s or invalid’s guide, and any person causing or procuring said minor to be so engaged, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), or to imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one year, or to both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 17, renumbered as § 18 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 449 - Employment of minors—Penalties

Whoever employs, procures, or permits a minor to be employed in violation of any provision of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, or of an order issued by the Department of Labor and Human Resources in accordance with the provisions of § 448 of this title, or refuses entry or inspection as authorized in § 455 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). For each violation of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, or of any section or provision hereof, after the first violation, the employer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in default thereof, to imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than ninety (90) days; Provided, That no complaint charging a violation of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title shall be set aside upon the plea of accumulation of offenses or defect of form, whenever the offense or offenses charged are included within the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title. Whoever continues to employ a minor in violation of the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, after being notified by an official or other person authorized to enforce §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title or to assist in its enforcement, shall for every day thereafter while such illegal employment of each minor continues, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or to imprisonment for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or to both penalties, fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; and whoever forges or procures to be forged, or who assists in forging or, with intent to evade any of the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, alters a birth certificate or other evidence of the age of any child, and whoever presents or assists in presenting a forged or altered certificate or evidence of age, and whoever misrepresents the age of such child for the purpose of fraudulently securing an employment certificate, shall be sentenced to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to both penalties, fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 19, renumbered as § 20 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 450 - Employment of minors—Compulsory school attendance for minors under sixteen (16)

Every parent, tutor, or guardian having charge of a minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall cause such minor to be instructed in a public or private school and to attend regularly such school during the period of each year the public schools of the Commonwealth are in session, on the customary days and during the regular hours of the school term.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 20, renumbered as § 21 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 451 - Employment of minors—Inspection of record of attendance

The record of school attendance shall be open to the inspection of the officers or other persons duly authorized to enforce §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, who may inspect or copy the same.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 21, renumbered as § 22 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 452 - Employment of minors—Notice of absence from school of minors under sixteen (16)

As may be determined by the Secretary of Education, it shall be the duty of every principal or teacher of a public or private school to report to the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources the name of any minor under sixteen (16) years of age enrolled in said school who has been absent therefrom for a week during any school month for the purpose of working, and such notice shall be sent to the Department of Labor and Human Resources immediately after such absence.
The School Supervisor may issue a certificate excusing from attendance at school any minor who, after the required examination, is found to be mentally unfit to attend; Provided, That if said examination shows that the minor may benefit from instruction in an ungraded or special class, he shall attend such class.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 22, renumbered as § 23 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 454 - Employment of minors—Perjury of parent or guardian; inducing school absence

Every parent, guardian, or other person who, with the intent to violate the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, makes a false statement concerning the age or school attendance of a minor under sixteen (16) years of age who is in his custody shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars ($50). Any person who induces or attempts to induce any minor under sixteen (16) years of age to be absent unlawfully from school, or who knowingly employs or harbors, while school is in session, any minor unlawfully absent from school, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 24, renumbered as § 25 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 455 - Employment of minors—Inspection of premises; administering oaths

In order to enforce the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the chief of the Child Bureau, the supervisors of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, and other officers duly appointed in accordance with §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, shall be authorized to enter any place or establishment mentioned herein, and shall have power to examine the employment or age certificates filed by the employer and all other records that may aid in the enforcement of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title. The persons authorized to issue the aforesaid employment certificates are hereby empowered to administer all necessary oaths; Provided, That no fee whatsoever shall be charged for such certificates.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 25, renumbered as § 26 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 456 - Employment of minors—Exclusive cognizance of Court of First Instance; trial without jury

The Court of First Instance shall have exclusive cognizance in all cases of violations of §§ 431—443a and 446-456 of this title; Provided, That said cases shall be heard before a court without a jury.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 26, renumbered as § 27 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 468 - Working mothers’ protection—Position kept open

During the rest periods referred to in § 467 of this title, the employer shall be bound, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, to reserve the position of the pregnant female worker and the female worker who adopts a child pursuant to §§ 467—474 of this title, the legislation and legal procedures in force in Puerto Rico or in any jurisdiction of the United States.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 3; Aug. 5, 1975, No. 20, p. 653, § 2; Mar. 10, 2000, No. 54, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 469 - Working mothers’ protection—Discharge for pregnancy forbidden

The employer shall not, without just cause, discharge a pregnant woman or a woman who adopts a child pursuant to the legislation and legal procedures in force in Puerto Rico or in any jurisdiction of the United States of America. Diminished performance in work, due to the state of pregnancy, shall not be understood as just cause.
(a) Any employer who dismisses, suspends, reduces the salary, or discriminates in any manner against a worker for reason of a decrease in productivity while in the state of pregnancy, or who refuses to reinstate her in her position after childbirth or adoption of a child pursuant to the legislation and legal procedures in force in Puerto Rico or in any jurisdiction of the United States of America, shall incur in civil liability and shall pay a sum equal to twice the amount of the damages caused to the female worker, or a sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), at the discretion of the court, if pecuniary damages cannot be determined, or double the amount thereof, should the total amount be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
The female employee shall also be entitled to be reinstated in her position, under penalty, for the employer, of incurring in additional damage identical or equal to those established in this section.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 4; June 19, 1969, No. 39, p. 73, § 2; Mar. 10, 2000, No. 54, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 470 - Working mothers’ protection—Medical certificate required; issued without charge

In order to make use of the rest established in § 467 of this title, the working mother shall present the employer a medical certificate showing that the state of pregnancy at which she has arrived requires said rest as provided herein. It shall be the obligation of the physicians who supervise the prenatal care and/or childbirth to issue every working mother who so requests, free of all cost, after the corresponding examination, a certificate showing the state of the pregnancy, as well as the other medical certificates mentioned in § 467 of this title.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 5; Aug. 5, 1975, No. 20, p. 653, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 471 - Working mothers’ protection—Penalties

Any employer who denies any working mother the rest period or the maternity leave for adoption to which she is entitled to by law, or who permits said worker to work in his/her office, establishment or business place during the last week of pregnancy or the subsequent two (2) weeks immediately after birth, without the pregnant working mother having previously submitted herself voluntarily to medical examinations with the physician or medical specialist of her choice, and a report or medical certification has been submitted to the employer assuring that the condition and state of health of the working mother does not prevent her from performing her work or task, indicating such fact specifically, and stating in turn any special instruction or limitation regarding the time and place in which the working mother may be able to perform her work or task; or any employer who does not pay, in whole or in part, the salary, pay, daily wages or compensation to which she is entitled during said rest period or for the adoption of a child by virtue of the laws and procedures in force in Puerto Rico or any jurisdiction of the United States of America pursuant to the provisions of § 467 of this title, or who discharges her for reason of her state of pregnancy, or for her intention of adopting, or who does not keep the job position reserved for her as determined herein, or who avails him/herself of any recourse, fraud, deceit or subterfuge to deceive, deny or deprive any working mother from the referred rest period or maternity leave for adoption to which she is entitled to, shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90), or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 6; Aug. 5, 1975, No. 20, p. 653, § 4; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 188, § 1; Mar. 10, 2000, No. 54, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 472 - Working mothers’ protection—Claim for rest period; procedure

Whenever a female worker has to file a claim against her employer for the enjoyment of the rest period established herein or for any sum on account of salary, pay, daily wages or compensation corresponding to said rest period or maternity leave for adoption, as determined herein, she may avail herself of the procedure set forth in Act No. 10 of 1917, as subsequently amended, or any other legal procedure.
In the event the claim is sustained, the judgment shall order the employer to grant the rest period to which the petitioner is entitled to, or to pay the corresponding salary, pay, daily wages or compensation, as the case may be, plus a reasonable sum for costs, expenses and attorney fees.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 7; Mar. 10, 2000, No. 54, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 473 - Working mothers’ protection—Definition of working woman

For the purposes of §§ 467—474 of this title, “working woman” shall be understood to be every woman employed, through salary, wages, day wages, or any other kind of compensation, in any office, commercial or industrial establishment, or public-service enterprise.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 8, eff. 90 days after Mar. 13, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 474 - Working mothers’ protection—Regulations

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall promulgate the rules necessary for the enforcement of §§ 467—474 of this title.
History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 9, eff. 90 days after Mar. 13, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 475 - Artistic or show business activities—Employment of minors under fourteen (14)

With the prior authorization of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, aside from what has been established in other laws in effect, addressed to regulating the employment of minors, children less than fourteen (14) years of age may be contracted and used to work or engage in artistic activities or show-business activities, such as musicians, dancers, actors, introducers, announcers, hosts or hostesses, models, dramatic readers, which are not harmful to their health or morals or that otherwise threatens the life or physical integrity of the minor. The child’s participation in such activities shall be subject to the terms and conditions that the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources establishes in the authorization he issues.
What is provided herein shall be understood as being applicable to any type of contracting, employment or use, in which girls and/or boys under fourteen (14) years of age are involved, to work, engage in or carry out artistic activities or show-business activities, as these terms are defined by regulations, according to the provisions of § 475a of this title.
History —July 13, 1985, No. 112, p. 389, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 475a - Artistic or show business activities—Rules and regulations

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health, shall define, through regulations, the terms “artistic activities”, and “activities pertaining to the field of show business”, and shall also promulgate the rules needed for the faithful compliance of §§ 475—475b of this title. The regulations shall include, among others, the following areas: regarding the state of health, academic studies, and working hours required of the minor.
History —July 13, 1985, No. 112, p. 389, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 475b - Artistic or show business activities—Penalties

Any person who contracts, employs, uses or tries to employ or use a minor, or allows a minor to work, or uses a minor in the activities mentioned in § 475 of this title, without the authorization of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, or is guilty of violating the regulating provisions promulgated under §§ 475—475b of this title, or does not comply with the terms and conditions established in the authorization issued, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished with a fine which shall not be less than seventy-five dollars ($75), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). For any recurrence, the person shall be punished with a fine that shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for one day for every five dollars ($5) he fails to pay, up to a maximum of ninety (90) days in jail. Provided, That any report of a violation of §§ 475—475b of this title may not be dismissed alleging concurrence of action or by defect of form, provided the fault or faults reported are comprised within the terms of §§ 475—475b of this title. Any person who, after being notified by an official or person authorized to enforce the compliance of §§ 475—475b of this title, or to help in said enforcement, that continues employing minors in violation of the provisions of §§ 475—475b of this title, shall be punished for each day that he/she continues violating §§ 475—475b of this title with a fine that shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for a term which shall not exceed sixty (60) days, or both penalties at the discretion of the court; and any person who, in order to evade any of the provisions of §§ 475—475b of this title, alters a birth certificate or other proof of the age of a child; any person who submits or helps to submit a false or altered certificate or proof; and any person who falsely alters the age of said child with the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a work certificate, shall be punished with a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term no greater than six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
History —July 13, 1985, No. 112, p. 389, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 476 - Statement of purpose

The Government of Puerto Rico declares that its public policy is to protect and guarantee the physical, mental and emotional health of its children and young people in order to foster healthier lifestyles which promote their welfare. It is imperative to implement and develop all those measures addressed to safeguard the compelling interest of the Government to protect the health, safety and general welfare of its citizens, and particularly that of its minor children.
In the exercise of its power to establish regulations in favor of the public interest and its inherent power as parens patriae to ensure the safety and welfare of all minors, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby adopts the express prohibition to employ, contract or use minors under eighteen (18) years of age in work or activities that promote the sale and use of alcoholic beverages and tobacco-related products.
History —Aug. 17, 1998, No. 204, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 476a - Prohibition

It is hereby prohibited to employ, contract or use minors under eighteen (18) years of age to work, participate in or devote themselves to publicity, promotional, marketing and advertising activities and any other activities addressed to promote the sale and use of alcoholic beverages and tobacco-related products.
History —Aug. 17, 1998, No. 204, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 476b - Requirement concerning proof of age

Any natural or juridical person who is interested in employing, contracting or using persons to work, participate, or engage in publicity, promotional, marketing and advertising activities and any other activities addressed to promote the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco-related products, shall require one of the following documents attesting to the age of said person:
(a) Certified copy of the birth certificate or transcript thereof certified by the Registry of Vital Statistic.
(b) Passport issued by the Department of State of the United States of America.
(c) Any other documentary record issued and certified by a Court establishing the age of the person.
History —Aug. 17, 1998, No. 204, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 476c - Powers

The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, shall adopt the necessary measures for the faithful compliance of the provisions of §§ 476—476d of this title.
History —Aug. 17, 1998, No. 204, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19 - Employment of Women and Minors; Compulsory School Attendance (§§ 431 — 476d) › § 476d - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person who employs, contracts, uses, seeks to employ or use or allows a minor under eighteen (18) years of age to work or be used in the activities listed in § 476a of this title, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a term of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months or a fine that shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —Aug. 17, 1998, No. 204, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478 - Definitions

(a) Central government agency.— Any subdivision of the Executive Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico, such as those departments, boards, commissions, administrations, offices, banks and public corporations that do not operate as private businesses; or any of its respective heads, directors, executives or persons who act as their representatives.
(b) Public corporation.— Means the following corporations that hold assets controlled by the Government of Puerto Rico: The Land Authority, the Electric Power Authority, the Government Development Bank, the Ports Authority, the Industrial Development Company and subsidiaries, and those other government agencies engaged in or that may in the future engage in profitable businesses or in activities that seek financial benefits.
(c) Nursling. — Means any infant under the age of one (1) year who is nourished with breast milk.
(d) To express breast milk.— Process whereby the mother expresses breast milk from her body with the proper equipment.
(e) Working day.— Means, for the purposes of the application of this chapter, the full-time working day of the working mother consisting of seven (7) and a half (½) hours.
(f) To breastfeed.— The act of nursing an infant with breast milk.
(g) Nursing mother.— Any woman working in the public or private sector who has given birth to a child, be it through natural methods or surgery, who is breastfeeding her baby; as well as any woman who has adopted a child, and who by the intervention of scientific methods is able to breastfeed the child.
(h) Municipality.— Means a geographical demarcation with all its barrios, that has a particular name and is governed by a local government constituted by a legislative power and an executive power.
(i) Employer.— Any natural or juridical person for whom a mother works. This includes the public sector, the central government agencies, public corporations and municipalities, the Judiciary Branch, and the private sector.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 2; Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478a - Period to nurse or express breast milk

The period granted to breastfeed or to express breast milk is hereby regulated by granting working mothers who return to work after enjoying maternity leave the opportunity to nurse their children for an hour during each full-time working day, a period which may be divided into two (2) thirty (30)-minute sessions or three (3) [twenty] (20)-minute sessions, to go to where the child to be breastfed is being cared for, should the company or employer have a child care center in its facilities, or to express breast milk at the place provided for such purposes in the workplace.
In the case of businesses considered as small businesses in accordance with the size regulations of the Small Business Administration (SBA), these shall be bound to provide a period of half (1 / 2) an hour during each full-time working day for breastfeeding mothers to breastfeed or express breast milk which may be divided into two (2) [fifteen] (15)-minute periods.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 3; Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478b - Period to nurse or express breast milk—Maximum duration

The term to nurse or to express breast milk shall have a maximum duration of twelve (12) months within the workplace, from the time the working mother returns to her duties.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 4, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478c - Medical certificate

Any working mother who wishes to take advantage of the opportunity to breastfeed her child, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall submit to her employer a medical certificate to that effect during the term corresponding to the fourth (4th) and eighth (8th) months of the infant. Said certificate, to be submitted not later than the fifth (5th) day of each term, shall vouch for and certify that said mother has been nursing her baby.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 5, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478d - Negotiation

The period to breastfeed or to express breast milk granted by this chapter, may be subject to negotiation between the employer and employee represented by its exclusive representative in every autonomous and independent body of the Government of Puerto Rico as well as in every public corporation governed by the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Act, §§ 62 et seq. of this title.
The period to breastfeed or to express breast milk may also be subject to negotiation in any collective bargaining agreement executed as of January 1, 2000, pursuant to §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act”.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 6, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478f - Obligation of employer

All employers shall guarantee to all working mothers who so request, the right to breastfeed their children or to express breast milk. Once the schedule to breastfeed or to express breast milk is agreed upon between the breastfeeding mother and the employer, it shall not be changed without the express consent of both parties.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 8, renumbered as § 7 and amended on Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478g - Exemption of payment of taxes

Any employer of a private company who grants its employees the period to nurse their babies granted by this chapter shall be exempted from the payment of annual taxes equal to one (1) month of the salary of the employees exercising said right. The tax incentive shall only apply to the employer and not to the employee who uses the period to breastfeed or to express breast milk.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 9, renumbered as § 8 and amended on Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19A - Regulate the Period to Breastfeed or to Express Breast Milk (§§ 478 — 478h) › § 478h - Action to uphold the right; fines

Any nursing mother denied by her employer the period granted by this chapter to breastfeed or to express breast milk may resort to the pertinent forum to demand that her rights be upheld. The forum with jurisdiction may impose a fine to the employer who refuses to uphold the right herein established for the damages suffered by the employee. Said fine may be equal to three times the salary paid to said employee for each day she was denied the period to nurse or express breast milk.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 10, renumbered as § 9 on Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479a - Employment of minors, prior medical evaluation

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, or the person duly authorized or appointed by him/her, to grant authorizations for the employment of minors between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, in any occupation related to construction which is carried out by any authorized employer, while attending vocational courses, or after the completion thereof, as provided by § 479 of this title. In order for the permit to be granted, the minor must be examined by a physician who shall issue a certificate establishing the physical capacity of the minor to be employed in the construction industry.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 3, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479b - Working hours

The minors to whom the permits described in § 479 of this title are granted, who are between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, can be employed in construction work or activities by an authorized employer, and may work for not more than five (5) consecutive days in one week, nor more than eight (8) hours in a single day. No working day fixed for the minors to whom this chapter applies, shall begin before six (6) o’clock in the morning or after six (6) o’clock in the afternoon. No working schedule shall conflict with the school schedule of said minor. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall adopt the pertinent regulations to enforce these purposes. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall establish pertinent and adequate regulations to grant the job permits mentioned in § 479 of this title, as well as any others that are pertinent, to protect the physical and metal integrity of the minor and his/her general well-being, in addition to the records that are hereinafter provided. Said regulations shall take full effect not later than sixty (60) days after their approval.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479c - Rest period

A minor between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, employed in a construction project by an authorized employer, shall not be permitted nor allowed to work for a period of more than five (5) consecutive hours, without being allowed a period of at least one (1) hour to eat or rest.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 5, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479d - Employment permits and apprentice permits; issuing procedure

The employment or apprenticeship permit shall be issued by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or by any person duly-authorized by him/her, in cases of minors attending school, or that have graduated from a public or vocational school as the case may be, from vocational or occupational training courses related to construction. Said permit shall state the name, sex, date of birth and the residence of the minor, and shall be signed by the person issuing it, and also shall include the nature of the occupation specifically related to the construction field which the minor is taking or has completed as part of his/her vocational training.
In the case of the apprenticeship permits, they shall be issued only after sixty (60) days that the minor has been enrolled and is attending a vocational program. Said apprenticeship permits may also be issued to those regular students (of regular courses) in institutions accredited by the Department of Education, even though they are not vocational schools, or any other program accredited by the Department of Education, provided they do not conflict with the normal class curriculum or equivalent program of studies approved by the Department of Education.
The permits shall only be valid for the occupation or occupations designated therein. It shall also bear the number, the date of issue, and the signature signed of the minor in whose behalf it was issued.
The original of said employment permit shall be handed to the minor to be given to the employer, or shall be remitted to the employer directly. A copy of the original shall be given to the minor. A second copy of the authorization shall be kept in the pertinent office of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, and another copy shall be remitted to the Department of Education. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or the official authorized by him/her to issue employment permits or apprentice permits, may refuse to issue a certificate or permit to any minor if in his opinion, there is a reason to believe that the best interests of said minor will be better served by refusing the permit. A register shall be kept of the permits approved and of those denied, indicating in the latter the reasons for their denial. A registry shall also, be kept of the construction contractors available to employ minors.
The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, whenever he/she deems it convenient, may revoke any previously granted permit, for which it shall only be necessary to communicate it to the employer and the minor.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 6, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479e - Duties of the employer

Every employer to whom a certificate has been issued, authorizing him/her to employ minors in construction works or jobs, shall regularly comply [with] the requirements of all labor laws and regulations, as well as all federal and Commonwealth employment safety measures and specifically, the “Occupational Safety & Health Act” (OSHA) and its corresponding regulations. Minors may work with said employers, provided, that during the year prior to their employment, the employers certify that they have implemented a successful safety program and are following it. The employer shall obtain and keep accessible in his files, to any officer, inspector or any other person, authorized by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to enforce this chapter, a copy of the work permits of the minors and evidence of the safety programs implemented. Likewise, the employer shall obtain and keep accessible, the employment authorizations issued to the minors while they are working with said employer, and, shall also keep all the records that show that he/she is complying with federal and state occupation safety legislation. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered to examine the records of the authorized employers listed in the office of OSHA and PROSHA, that are interested in, or are in fact employing minors. The refusal of any employer to furnish, the employment authorization or apprenticeship authorization of a minor during an inspection, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions on the employment of minors.
In addition, every employer shall conspicuously post a printed notice. In all construction projects where a minor between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age is working, stating faithfully and exactly, the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 7, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479f - Dangerous occupations

No minor shall be permitted, or suffered to work in certain occupations or perform specific functions in construction that are dangerous to the minor’s health, or life, or do not better serve his/her interests whenever said occupations or functions are so determined through regulations established by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources. In order to establish which those occupations and functions are, the Secretary shall examine the normal conditions of the construction industry.
Any person who after a formal administrative hearing, as provided in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, is found to have acted or made an effort to employ, or allows the employment of a minor in violation of any provision of this chapter, or of an order issued by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, or who refuses the entrance or inspection authorized by this chapter, or through regulations approved hereunder, shall be punished with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 8, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 19B - Employment of Youths in Construction Industry (§§ 479 — 479g) › § 479g - Notice of absence

Any authorized employer, who employs minors between sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age, with their corresponding employment authorizations or apprentice authorizations, shall notify the name of any minor who has been absent from work during a week without furnishing a medical excuse or for just cause to the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Secretary of the Department of Education.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 161, § 9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 10, 2002.