Puerto Rico Labor & Employment Alert: GOVERNOR SIGNS THE LABOR TRANSFORMATION AND FLEXIBILITY ACT
The Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (“the Act”) provides that employees hired before the date of effectiveness will keep their current rights, as expressly provided in the articles of the Act. This appears to mean that amendments to actual labor laws apply both to current and new employees unless a specific article of the Act provides that the change applies only to employees hired after the enactment of the Act. You can view the article by clicking on the following link: