Client Alerts

Mandatory Masking Reinstated and Mandatory Vaccine Recommended for Private Sector Employers

Governor Pedro Pierluisi issued yesterday Executive Order 2021-058 establishing a mandatory vaccination policy for all Executive Branch employees and recommending that private sector employers implement similar mandatory vaccination policies. Puerto Rico Secretary of Health also reinstated through administrative order a new mandatory masking requirement for indoor and outdoor activities regardless of status of vaccination . Amidst .

New COVID-19 Curfew and Business Operation Rules

On December 3, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, announced the new curfew and business operation rules that will be incorporated into the Executive Order that will become effective next Monday, December 7, and which will remain in effect until Monday, January 7, 2021 to address the recent peak in COVID-19 cases .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES NEW COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES

On August 21, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Health approved additional regulations to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.  The “Regulation for the Establishment of Preventive Measures for the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Administrative Penalties for Noncompliance” imposes stricter hygiene requirements on all businesses that have been authorized to operate during the pandemic . A .

COVID-19 Safety and Hygiene Protocol Requirements

The Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, Hon. Briseida Torres Reyes, issued Circular Letter 2020-03, establishing the guidelines and requirements for the establishment of the Safety and Hygiene Protocols that every business must meet and self-certify for reopening of business operations during the extended lockdown, as required by Executive Order 2020-38 issued 5/1/20. The .

Client Alerts

Mandatory Masking Reinstated and Mandatory Vaccine Recommended for Private Sector Employers

Governor Pedro Pierluisi issued yesterday Executive Order 2021-058 establishing a mandatory vaccination policy for all Executive Branch employees and recommending that private sector employers implement similar mandatory vaccination policies. Puerto Rico Secretary of Health also reinstated through administrative order a new mandatory masking requirement for indoor and outdoor activities regardless of status of vaccination . Amidst .

New COVID-19 Curfew and Business Operation Rules

On December 3, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, announced the new curfew and business operation rules that will be incorporated into the Executive Order that will become effective next Monday, December 7, and which will remain in effect until Monday, January 7, 2021 to address the recent peak in COVID-19 cases .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES NEW COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES

On August 21, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Health approved additional regulations to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.  The “Regulation for the Establishment of Preventive Measures for the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Administrative Penalties for Noncompliance” imposes stricter hygiene requirements on all businesses that have been authorized to operate during the pandemic . A .

COVID-19 Safety and Hygiene Protocol Requirements

The Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, Hon. Briseida Torres Reyes, issued Circular Letter 2020-03, establishing the guidelines and requirements for the establishment of the Safety and Hygiene Protocols that every business must meet and self-certify for reopening of business operations during the extended lockdown, as required by Executive Order 2020-38 issued 5/1/20. The .