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The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (“PR DOL”) issued Circular Letter No. 2020-02, dated April 16, 2020, requiring employers to notify employees, at the time of termination or reduction of regular hours of work, about the availability of Unemployment Insurance benefits. For more information, click here: https://www.pmalaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Labor_Alert_-_Circular_Letter_No__2020-02.pdf

On April 9, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Wanda Vazquez, signed into law Act No. 37-2020, to amend Article 6 of Act No. 180-1998 to provide that, in cases where the Governor or the Secretary of Health declares a state of emergency, any employee suffering or suspected of suffering from the illness that motivated the state of emergency and who has exhausted all leaves which he/she has a right to, will be entitled to a special emergency paid leave. For more information, click on the following link: https://www.pmalaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Labor_Alert_-_Act_No__37-2020.pdf