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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART III - Housing Development And Improvements Administration (§§ 521 — 737) › Chapter 67 - Sale of Lots to Persons Not Qualified to Become Usufructuaries (§§ 731 — 737) › § 736 - Sale of projects

The Housing Development and Improvements Administration may dispose of said lots or projects through sale to affordable housing developers at a price that shall not be less than the cost thereof, plus those administrative expenses inherent to their acquisition and disposition.
History —July 18, 1986, No. 4, p. 761, added as § 6 on Sept. 6, 1997, No. 118, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART III - Housing Development And Improvements Administration (§§ 521 — 737) › Chapter 67 - Sale of Lots to Persons Not Qualified to Become Usufructuaries (§§ 731 — 737) › § 736a - Eligibility requirements for housing developers

The Housing Development and Improvements Administration shall establish through regulations the eligibility requirements for those affordable housing developers who acquire lots or projects pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —July 18, 1986, No. 4, p. 761, added as § 8 on Sept. 6, 1997, No. 118, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART III - Housing Development And Improvements Administration (§§ 521 — 737) › Chapter 67 - Sale of Lots to Persons Not Qualified to Become Usufructuaries (§§ 731 — 737) › § 737 - Conditions, restrictions and requirements; encumbrance

The conditions, restrictions and requirements established in this chapter or through regulations or contract shall constitute a legal encumbrance on the real estate for the term adopted to such effect by the Secretary of Housing.
History —July 18, 1986, No. 4, p. 761, § 7, renumbered as § 9 and amended on Sept. 6, 1997, No. 118, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 1 - Collection of employee’s claims—By Secretary of Labor and Human Resources

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to collect from the employers, personally or through his duly authorized agents, the amount of the claims which may pertain to any worker or employee, for salaries or any compensation, right or benefit, under the present labor legislation, as a result of the administrative or judicial actions of the Department of Labor and Human Resources.
By the same token, every employer shall be bound to deposit with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources any sum owed for any reason to his former employees who have not been found or whose whereabouts are unknown as of ninety (90) days after having knowledge of the debt; Provided, That the employers shall be bound to make such payment to the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or his authorized agents in legal tender of the United States of America, and that if said official or his agents should accept that the payment be made by money order, bank check or through any other security, they shall be drawn by the employers to the order of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, § 1; June 4, 1960, No. 51, p. 85, § 1; July 11, 1988, No. 76, p. 329, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 2 - Collection of employee’s claims—Delivery to employees or to special trust fund

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered to deliver these amounts to the workers or employees on whose behalf they were deposited. If the amounts collected or deposited for any reason cannot be paid to the workers or employees who are entitled to receive them, they shall remain in custody of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources in a current bank account to attend to future claims of the workers or employees to whom they appertain pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to that effect.
The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby authorized to endorse and deposit in said account those bank checks, money orders and any other securities drawn by the employers on behalf of the workers as payment for claims, when such workers cannot be found to receive and cash them.
In case of death of any worker or employee entitled to receive a certain amount for the aforesaid reason, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall make the payment to the heirs of such workers or employee in accordance with his determination in that respect and in the proportions corresponding to them under the Civil Code.
The status of heirs, as provided in this section, shall be established before the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources as the latter may provide by regulation.
When the persons entitled to a payment are minors or disabled persons, such payments shall be made to the person in charge of said minors or disabled persons, if, after the proper investigation is made, it is found advisable to do so.
After payment of a claim is made as provided herein, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and his agents and employees shall be released of all future liability.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, § 2; June 16, 1959, No. 44, p. 109, § 1; June 4, 1960, No. 51, p. 85, § 1; June 2, 1976, No. 116, p. 342, § 1; July 11, 1988, No. 76, p. 329, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 3 - Collection of employee’s claims—Bond for collectors

The agents of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, authorized to receive and deliver the moneys referred to in §§ 1 and 2 of this title, shall, before receiving any money, give an official bond in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the amount fixed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources; Provided, That the premiums corresponding to said bonds shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, chargeable to the appropriation for the payment of premiums on bonds of the employees of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which the Legislature provides annually in the budget of the Department of Finance. Said bond shall be approved by the Secretary of Justice as to its form and execution, and by the Secretary of the Treasury as to solvency of surety.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 3a - Collection of employee’s claims—Transfer of funds to a special savings account; publishing of names of unlocated claimants

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby expressly authorized to transfer from time to time to a special savings account those amounts that in his judgment are not immediately required to be delivered to the workers or employees, and to incur expenses necessary for publishing the names and addresses of unlocated claimants and any other requirement needed for the administration of §§ 1—4a of this title. Provided, That at no time and under no circumstance shall the aggregate amounts thus transferred be more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the total sum collected under the custody of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, added as § 4 on June 2, 1976, No. 116, p. 342, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 3b - Collection of employee’s claims—Purpose of funds

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall transfer periodically to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of interest earned by said special savings account to be deposited in a special account under the custody of the latter and the funds of which shall be devoted solely and exclusively to the following purposes:
(a) To defray the expenses of publishing in the newspapers of greatest circulation, the names of those claimants who have not been located through other means and to pay for any such action directed to that end as the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may consider adequate.
(b) To strengthen and to make more effective the activities of investigation of complaints, collection of claims and judicial actions instituted by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources for the benefit of the workers.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, added as § 5 on June 2, 1976, No. 116, p. 342, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 4 - Collection of employee’s claims—Regulations

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall promulgate the necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 1—4a of this title.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, § 4; June 16, 1959, No. 44, p. 109, § 1; renumbered as § 6 and amended on June 2, 1976, No. 116, p. 342, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 4a - Collection of employee’s claims—Penalties

Noncompliance with the obligation to deposit the sum owed for any reason to his former employees by the employer pursuant to § 1 of this title with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall constitute a misdemeanor crime and, upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both penalties, at the court’s discretion.
History —Apr. 17, 1952, No. 77, p. 158, added as § 7a on July 11, 1988, No. 76, p. 329, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 11 - Apprenticeship Council—Membership, term of office

The Apprenticeship Council of Puerto Rico is hereby created in the Department of Labor and Human Resources, to be composed of nine (9) members appointed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, who shall be: three (3) representing labor, three (3) representing the employers, and three (3) representing the public interest. All members shall be persons who are knowledgeable of occupations susceptible to apprenticeship.
The members of the Apprenticeship Council shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office.
In addition, the Chairperson of the Occupational-Technological Education Council shall be an ex officio member of the Council, with voice but without a vote, and shall undertake those functions delegated on him/her by the Council.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 2; Apr. 25, 1950, No. 108, p. 278, § 1; June 16, 1978, No. 56, p. 181; July 31, 1992, No. 43, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 12 - Apprenticeship Council—Appointment of members to fill vacancy

Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of his predecessor, shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of said term and shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 3, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 13 - Apprenticeship Council—Per diem and expenses for members

Each member of the Council who is not a public official or employee shall receive a per diem of ten dollars ($10) for each day he attends the meetings of the Apprenticeship Council; and he shall be entitled to the reimbursement of the necessary travelling or other expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as a member of said Council.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 4, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 14 - Apprenticeship Council—Removal of members

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may at any time remove any member of the Apprenticeship Council, after notice and a hearing, for negligence or misconduct in the discharge of his office, but for no other cause; Provided, That such members as may have been appointed by reason of their official positions in the Commonwealth Government, shall cease to be members of the Council upon ceasing in their official position.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 5; Apr. 25, 1950, No. 108, p. 278, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 15 - Apprenticeship Council—Functions and duties

The Council is hereby empowered to regulate apprenticeship in Puerto Rico, and to that end, it shall seek the advice of employers, workmen, employees, technicians, and such other person, groups, and governmental boards or organizations as it may deem advisable. In regulating apprenticeship the Council shall establish norms applicable to all commercial, industrial, and agricultural establishments. The Council shall likewise:
(a) Coordinate its functions or activities, for the purposes of §§ 11—18 of this title, with other governmental agencies, officials, and organizations in any manner connected with apprenticeship in Puerto Rico; Provided, That such agencies, officials, and organizations are hereby empowered and obliged to act in such coordination.
(b) Cooperate with the Minimum Wage Board in the determination of minimum wage schedules and periods of apprenticeship for apprentices in the various remunerative trades, arts, and occupations.
(c) Cooperate, likewise, with federal agencies having to do with the determination of minimum wages and periods of apprenticeship in industries and occupations covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act in Puerto Rico.
(d) Negotiate apprenticeship agreements.
(e) Issue apprenticeship certificates.
(f) Make surveys of occupational trends in the various trades.
(g) Decide any apprenticeship case brought to its consideration.
(h) Adopt any other necessary rules, including the establishment of penalties, for the regulation of apprenticeship in Puerto Rico; Provided, That the rules and regulations adopted by the Council shall have the force of law and shall take effect immediately upon their approval and promulgation by the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 6, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 16 - Apprenticeship Council—Supervision by Apprenticeship Division

The Apprenticeship Division shall be in charge of the enforcement of §§ 11—18 of this title, and of the rules and regulations adopted by the Apprenticeship Council. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall appoint the personnel necessary for the operation of said Division.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 8, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 17 - Apprenticeship Council—Expenses from general budget

The appropriation necessary for the operation of the Apprenticeship Division shall be annually included in the Budget of Expenses of the Commonwealth Government. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall, chargeable to said item, prepare the general budget of expenses of said Division, subject to the approval of the Governor.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 9, eff. July 1, 1977.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 18 - Apprenticeship Council—Construction with reports, awards, and contracts

Nothing contained in §§ 11—18 of this title or in any rules and regulations or apprenticeship agreement approved hereunder, shall operate to invalidate any provision on apprenticeship contained in any collective report, award, or working contract between employers and workmen, establishing improved apprenticeship standards.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 483, p. 1092, § 10, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 1 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1 — 20) › § 19 - Contracting for services of pensioners, teachers, officials or employees

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Administrator of the Right to Employment Administration are hereby authorized to contract the services of pensioners; and teachers, officials or employees of the Department of Education and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, public corporations or subsidiaries thereof, and pay them extra due compensation for the additional services rendered as teachers, or in any other capacity, outside of their working hours, both in the Training and Retraining Program and in other similar programs and activities of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, and in the case of the Right to Employment Administration in training and retraining programs and other programs, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3. In order that the provisions of such § 551, do not apply in such cases, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Administrator of the Right to Employment Administration shall, previously, contact the Office of Personnel and the Puerto Rico Government Employment Service and/or any other employment service so as to produce a clear evidence of the efforts displayed to get the necessary personnel for the programs to which this section refers, and of the inability to hire such personnel outside government agencies. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Administrator of the Right to Employment Administration shall obtain, before executing the corresponding contracts, the prior approval of the secretaries, heads of agencies, instrumentalities and corporations under whose direction the employees to be contracted are working. In each case the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Administrator of the Right to Employment Administration shall produce written evidence of the conditions under which the head of the agency concerned allows the hiring of regular personnel of his agency for the purposes set forth in this section.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 71, p. 313, § 1; July 23, 1974, No. 185, Part 2, p. 62, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter I - Right to Strike (§§ 41 — 44) › § 41 - Right to organize—Penalties for employer’s retaliation

The orderly and peaceable assembling or cooperation of persons employed in any calling, trade, or industrial, mechanical, or manual art, for the purpose of obtaining an advance in the rate of wages or compensation, or of maintaining such rate, shall not be unlawful; nor shall it be unlawful for such persons to organize trade or labor assemblies or unions for the purpose of bettering the mental and material condition of the members thereof by lawful and peaceable means; Provided, That any corporation, firm, or employer, or any official, agent, or representative thereof, as well as any person vested with authority to employ or discharge laborers, who discharges any laborer or reduces his compensation as such laborer because he has made himself prominent in the presentation of any grievance or claim in defense and for the benefit of his comrades or of himself, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History —Mar. 1, 1902, p. 211, § 1; Apr. 26, 1939, No. 48, p. 406, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1939.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter I - Right to Strike (§§ 41 — 44) › § 42 - Right to organize—Use of force and violence

The employment of force, violence, intimidation or menace, or any form of coercion, by any person or by persons associated together, against any other person or persons, whether with the object of preventing them from freely pursuing their employments, professions or trades or whether with the object of influencing the price or remuneration paid for their work, shall be a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both fined and imprisoned.
History —Mar. 1, 1902, p. 211, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter I - Right to Strike (§§ 41 — 44) › § 43 - Solicitation of help during strike or lockout

When any employer or owner of a factory or agricultural estate, or mercantile or industrial establishment of any kind, or any of their agents or representatives, during a general strike of their laborers or employees of any class or during a lockout, advertises in the newspapers, or by means of bills or in any other form, for laborers or employees of any class, or employs agents to solicit or personally solicits persons to work in place of such strikers, he shall state clearly and precisely in all such advertisements, whether written or verbal, the fact that a strike or lockout exists.
History —Apr. 12, 1917, No. 17, p. 134, § 1, eff. 60 days after Apr. 12, 1917.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter I - Right to Strike (§§ 41 — 44) › § 44 - Solicitation of help during strike or lockout—Penalties

Should any employer, director or owner of any factory, agricultural estate, or manufacturing, commercial or industrial establishment, or corporation, or any of its officers, agents, representatives, directors or employees, not comply in their advertisements, applications or business with the provisions of §§ 43 and 44 of this title, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished with fine of from one [dollar] ($1) to a hundred dollars ($100) or jail not to exceed one hundred (100) days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
History —Apr. 12, 1917, No. 17, p. 134, § 2, eff. 60 days after Apr. 12, 1917.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 61 - Short title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Puerto Rico Labor Relations Act”.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 62 - Declaration of public policy

The public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico as to employment relations and collective bargaining is declared to be as follows:
(1) It is a fundamental necessity of the people of Puerto Rico to develop its production to the maximum in order to establish the highest possible living standards for the ever-growing population; it is the obligation of the Government of Puerto Rico to adopt such measures as may be conducive to the maximum development of this production and remove the threat that a day might come when, with the continuous increase in the population and the impossibility of maintaining an equivalent increase in production, the people must confront, a hopeless catastrophe; and it is the aim of the Government to develop and maintain such production through the comprehension and education of all the elements composing the people as regards the fundamental necessity of raising production to the limit and of distributing this production as equitably as may be possible; and it is likewise the purpose of the Government to develop in practice the principle of collective bargaining, in such a manner that the basic problem of the necessity for maximum production can be solved.
(2) Industrial peace, adequate and regular salaries for the employees, and uninterrupted production of goods and services by means of collective bargaining, are essential factors for the economic development of Puerto Rico. The achievement of these objectives depends to a large extent upon fair, friendly and mutually satisfactory relations between employers and employees, and upon the availability of adequate means for the peaceful solution of employer-employee controversies.
(3) By means of collective bargaining, terms and conditions of employment are to be established. For the purposes of such bargaining employers and employees shall have the right of forming organizations of their own choosing.
(4) It is the policy of the Government to eliminate the causes of certain labor disputes, by developing the practices and proceedings of collective bargaining and by establishing an adequate, efficient, and impartial tribunal which will carry out this policy.
(5) All existing collective bargaining contracts, as well as those hereafter executed, are hereby declared to be instruments for the promotion of the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico in its efforts to develop production to the maximum; and it is declared that as such they are vested with a public interest. The exercise of the rights and the performance of the obligations by the parties to such collective bargaining contracts are therefore subject to such reasonable regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the public policies of this subchapter.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 1; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 64a - Labor Relations Board—Publication of informative material

(a) The Chairman of the Labor Relations Board is hereby authorized to print, publish and dispose of the informative material in connection with the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, when in his judgment the knowledge of that information by the general public or by certain sectors of the citizenry promotes the objectives of this subchapter.
(b) These publications may be sold at cost of reproduction and the proceeds of the sales shall be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury. These publications shall be delivered gratis to the agencies of the Commonwealth and municipal governments and to the members of the Legislature of Puerto Rico; Provided, That the Chairman of the Labor Relations Board shall, in the case of each publication, determine whether same shall be sold or distributed gratuitously among private persons and entities.
(c) The Chairman of the Labor Relations Board is hereby authorized to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this section.
History —May 29, 1962, No. 18, p. 35, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 65 - Right of employees to organize and bargain

Employees have, among others, the right of self-organization; to form, join or assist labor organizations; to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of bargaining collectively or for other mutual aid and protection.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 4; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 66 - Representatives and elections

(1) Representatives designated or elected for the purpose of collective bargaining by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purpose shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees in such collective bargaining unit; Provided, That any individual employee shall have the right at any time to present individual grievances to his employer.
(2) In order to insure to the employees the full enjoyment of the rights of self-organization and collective bargaining, and otherwise to carry out the purpose of this subchapter, the Board shall decide in each case the appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.
(3) Whenever a question concerning representation of employees arises, the Board may investigate and resolve the question. The Board may investigate and resolve such question by appropriate public hearing on due notice, or by secret election, or by both, or by any other appropriate method. Provided, That whenever one of the unions or labor groups in controversy concerning representation of employees does not agree with the decision of the Board, in the absence of an election, and its claim is supported by twenty percent (20%) of the employees in the unit for collective bargaining, the Board shall immediately decree an election among the employees in order to decide the question. In every such election, the ballot shall be so prepared as to permit a vote against representation by anyone named on the ballot. The Board’s findings, election procedure, resolution of the question concerning representation, unit determination, and certification of the results of any election so held, shall be final, and shall be subject to judicial review only in the manner hereinafter provided by subsection (4) of this section.
(4) Whenever an order of the Board made pursuant to § 70 of this title is based in whole or in part upon facts certified following an investigation or public hearing pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, and there is a petition for the enforcement and for the review of such order, the certification and the record of the investigation or hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, shall be included in the transcript of the entire record required to be filed under § 70 of this title, and thereupon the decree of the court enforcing, modifying, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the Board shall be made and entered upon the pleading, testimony, and proceedings set forth in such transcript.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 5; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 67 - Labor organization information and contracts filed with Board

(a) All labor organizations and employers’ associations shall file with the Board a statement containing the official name and post office address of the organization. The Board may, in the exercise of its discretion, refuse to hear any labor organization that fails to comply with the provisions of this section in any proceeding being held under this subchapter.
(b) Certified copies of all collective bargaining contracts between employers and labor organizations, and any renewals, or modifications that shall be made of the same, shall be filed with the Board by employers and labor organizations. The Board, in the exercise of its discretion may refuse to hear in any proceeding conducted under this subchapter any employer or labor organization who may be a party to a collective bargaining contract and who has failed to comply with the provisions of this section.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 6; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 71 - Secretary of Justice and Prosecuting Attorneys as attorneys for Board

Upon request of the Board the Secretary of Justice or the Prosecuting Attorney of the part of the court in which any action is filed, shall appear and act as attorney for the Board in any proceeding either in the Court of First Instance or Supreme Court.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 10; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 72 - Additional sanctions

(a) Any employer found by the Board or by the National Labor Relations Board created by Act of Congress of July 5, 1935, to have committed any unfair labor practice, and who does not comply with an order relating to such practice issued by the Board which made such finding, shall not be entitled:
(1) To submit any bid upon any contract to which the Government or any political subdivision thereof, or public service enterprise or agency supported in whole or in part by public funds is a party;
(2) to receive any franchise, permit, or license, or any grant or loan of public funds from the Government, or any political or civil subdivision or public service enterprise or agency of the Government, for the period of one year after the service upon said employer of said order; Provided, That if said order is completely set aside or reversed by a court of competent jurisdiction, no such disabilities or disqualifications shall be enforced.
(b) Every contract to which the Government, or any political or civil subdivision thereof, or public service enterprise or agency of the Government or any agency supported in whole or in part by public funds is a party shall contain provisions that in the event the Board or the National Labor Relations Board finds that the contractor or any of his subcontractors, or the grantee or borrower of public funds, has committed an unfair labor practice and does not comply with the order issued by the Board which made the findings:
(1) No further payments shall be made after such date to the contractor or to any of his subcontractors, or to the grantee or borrower.
(2) The contract or grant or loan may be terminated.
(3) A new contract or contracts may be entered into or open market purchases be made for the completion of the original contract, charging any additional cost to the original contractor; Provided, That if such order is completely reversed or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction, all monies due the contractor, grantee or borrower from the date of the issuance by the Board of said order shall be paid him.
(c) For the purposes of this section any declaration by the Board or by the National Labor Relations Board that an employer has not complied with an order issued by the Board making such declaration shall be binding, final and conclusive unless such order is reversed or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 11; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 73 - Public records

Subject to reasonable rules and regulations to be made by the Board, the charges, petitions, complaints, transcripts of testimony, decisions and orders relating to proceedings instituted by or before the Board shall be made public records and be made available for inspection or copying.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 74 - Right to strike

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed so as to interfere with, hinder or in any way restrain the right to strike.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 13; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 75 - Cooperation of Board with local and federal agencies

In administering this subchapter the Board shall cooperate with similar governmental agencies or call upon other governmental agencies for assistance and may act as an agent of, or jointly with, the National Labor Relations Board.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter II - Labor Relations Law (§§ 61 — 76) › § 76 - Penalties

Any person who wilfully disobeys, prevents, impedes, or hinders the Board of any of its authorized agents in the performance of their duties in accordance with this subchapter, or who obstructs the holding of any hearing being carried on in accordance with § 66 or 70 of this title, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not to exceed one year, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 130, p. 406, § 17; Mar. 7, 1946, No. 6, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter III - Other Provisions Governing (§§ 81 — 85) › § 81 - Payments by employees to representatives of employees prohibited—Definitions

Whenever used in this subchapter:
(1) Representative or representatives of employees.— Includes labor organizations as well as the persons who are officers, officials and employees of, and anyone else holding a position of any kind in a labor organization.
(2) Labor organization.— Means any labor organization of any kind, or any agency or committee representing employees, or any group of employees acting in concert, or any plan participated in by employees and existing, in whole or in part, for the purpose of dealing with an employer with respect to grievances, disputes, wages, wage rates, working hours, and/or working conditions.
(3) Employer.— Shall comprise any natural or [juridical] person, including agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico operating as private enterprises or businesses, and the executives, supervisors, managers, and any other person directly or indirectly acting in an executive capacity in the interest of an employer, but it shall not include the Government or any political subdivision thereof; Provided, That it shall also include any individual, partnership, or organization intervening in favor of management in any labor dispute or collective bargaining.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter III - Other Provisions Governing (§§ 81 — 85) › § 82 - Payments by employees to representatives of employees prohibited—Payments by employers unlawful

It shall be unlawful for any employer to pay or deliver or to agree to pay or deliver any money or other valuable consideration whatsoever to any representative whatsoever of any of his employees.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter III - Other Provisions Governing (§§ 81 — 85) › § 83 - Payments by employees to representatives of employees prohibited—Receipt of payments by representatives unlawful

It shall be unlawful for any representative whatsoever of any employees to receive or accept or to agree to receive or accept from the employer of the said employees any money or other valuable consideration whatsoever.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter III - Other Provisions Governing (§§ 81 — 85) › § 84 - Payments by employees to representatives of employees prohibited—Exceptions

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply:
(1) With respect to any money or other valuable consideration whatsoever payable by an employer to any representative who is an employee or an ex-employee of the said employer as remuneration for his services as an employee of the said employer or by reason thereof;
(2) with respect to the payment or delivery of any money or other valuable consideration in satisfaction of a judgment entered by any court, or in satisfaction of a decision, adjudication, or award made by a conciliator, a grievance committee, or an impartial moderator, or in satisfaction of a settlement, adjustment, or compromise made of any claim, complaint, grievance, or dispute in which there is no fraud or compulsion;
(3) with respect to the sale or purchase of any article or product in the regular course of business and at the prevailing market price;
(4) with respect to money deducted from the wages, salaries, remunerations, or incomes of employees for the payment of dues in a labor organization, provided such deduction is required by virtue of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement executed between the employer and a labor organization not established, supported, or aided by any action whatsoever which is defined as unfair labor practice in §§ 61—76 of this title (Puerto Rico Labor Relations Act), if the said labor organization represents the majority of the pertinent employees, as provided by § 66(1) of this title, in an appropriate unit covered by such collective bargaining agreement, and provided the officer or treasurer designated by the labor organization as having custody of the funds thereof has posted the proper bond, nor
(5) with respect to money or other valuable consideration paid into a fund established for the sole and exclusive benefit of the employees of an employer and of the relatives or dependents of said employees, by virtue of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between an employer and a labor organization, or for the benefit of the said employees, their relatives, or dependents, together with the employees, and the relatives or dependents thereof, of other employers who make like payments.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter III - Other Provisions Governing (§§ 81 — 85) › § 85 - Payments by employees to representatives of employees prohibited—Penalties

Any representative, employer, or natural or [juridical] person willfully violating any of the provisions of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court. The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction for taking cognizance of all cases of violation of this subchapter.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter IV - Emergency Proceedings in Case of Strike or Threatened Strike (§§ 91 — 97) › § 91 - Definitions

When used in this subchapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Threatened strike.— Means a situation in which a labor organization informs the employer that on a certain date it will go on strike, or a situation in which there are clear indications of a rupture in the collective bargaining and there is the threat of a strike obviously evidenced by concrete acts aimed at or leading to the beginning of a strike movement.
(b) Grave emergency.— Means a strike, actual or threatened, in activities essentially necessary to the normal life of the community, whenever the interruption, total or partial, or the imminence of the interruption of such activities, by means of the said strike, is prejudicing or may prejudice seriously the health of the people or the public welfare as a result of the cessation in the rendering of any essential public service, as a result of all of which the normal life of the community is being or may be seriously affected.
History —May 22, 1965, No. 11, p. 17, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART I - Labor Provisions Generally (§§ 1 — 510k) › Chapter 3 - Labor Relations (§§ 41 — 100e) › Subchapter IV - Emergency Proceedings in Case of Strike or Threatened Strike (§§ 91 — 97) › § 92 - Duties and powers of the Governor

Whenever in the judgment of the Governor, by reason of a strike or a threatened strike in any of the corporate instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico engaged in the rendering of essential public services, there exists or may arise a grave emergency which clearly imperils or may imperil the public health or safety or essential public services in Puerto Rico or in any sector of Puerto Rico, the Governor may exercise the functions and powers and may discharge the duties granted and imposed on him below and all other powers incidental thereto.
History —May 22, 1965, No. 11, p. 17, § 2.