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Jorge Capó-Matos is a member in the Labor and Employment Law Department. His practice covers counseling and litigation in the entire spectrum of the labor relations and employment practice, including union campaigns, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, harassment, dismissals, drug testing, privacy rights, wage and hour, ERISA, COBRA, benefit claims, employment contracts, non-competition agreements, immigration, and labor aspects of reorganizations, transfers, bankruptcy, layoffs and closing of operations.
Mr. Capó-Matos has participated in a broad range of employment litigation cases. Representative cases include: Congreso de Uniones Industriales de Puerto Rico v. V.C.S. Nat'l Packing Co., 756 F.Supp. 69 (D.P.R. 1991), aff'd, 953 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1991)(defense against union injunction to avoid plant closing); Menzel v. Western Auto Supply Co., 662 F.Supp. 731 (D.P.R. 1987), aff'd, 848 F.2d 327 (1st Cir. 1988) (age discrimination and wrongful discharge); DeArteaga v. Pall Ultrafine Filtration Corp., 673 F.Supp. 650 (D.P.R. 1987), aff'd, 862 F.2d 940 (1st Cir. 1988) (age discrimination and wrongful discharge); Mercado-Torres v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2370 (D.P.R. 2011)(disability benefits claim); Pereora v. State Ins. Fund Corp., 715 F. Supp. 2d 230 (D.P.R. 2010)(political discrimination);Jimenez-Gonzalez v. Alvarez-Rubio, 683 F. Supp. 2d 177(D.P.R. 2010)(political discrimination); Rios-Coriano v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68232 (D.P.R. 2009)(contractual reduction of limitations period for benefit claims); Del Pilar Salgado v. Abbott Labs., 520 F. Supp. 2d 279(D.P.R. 2007)(sexual harassment and gender discrimination); Rosa Vidal v. Health S. Rehab. Hosp., 443 F. Supp. 2d 225 (D.P.R. 2005)(sexual harassment); Group of Former Employees. of Sprague Caribe v. Am. Annuity Group, Inc., 388 F.Supp. 2d 3 (D.P.R. 2005)(employee retirement benefit claims); Soto v. Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 73 F.Supp.2d 166 (D.P.R. 1999) (age discrimination); Landrau Romero v. Caribbean Restaurants, Inc., 14 F.Supp.2d 185 (D.P.R. 1999) (sexual harassment); Bobé-Muñiz v. Caribbean Restaurants, Inc., 76 F.Supp.2d 171 (D.P.R. 1999) ( attorney's fees imposed against employee and his legal counsel for filing frivolous discrimination claim); and Rivera v. ICN Dutch Holdings, 2003 DTA 15 (recognizing mandatory non-union arbitration of employment claims).
In 1995, Mr. Capó-Matos counseled the executive and legislative branches of the Puerto Rico government regarding labor reform laws. Also, in 1998 he counseled the Puerto Rico government regarding a new Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Law.
Mr. Capó-Matos presently presides the Committee for Labor Affairs of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (2009-Present). He also is a contributor to The World Bank’s-Doing Business reports on “Employing Workers” in Puerto Rico (2008 to present).
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