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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 .
NEW PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE APPROVED
On April 9, 2020, Puerto Rico’s Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced signed Law No. 37-2020 (Law 37) which grants a special paid leave of five working days for private sector non-exempt employees who suffer, or are suspected of suffering, from COVID-19 or any other sickness that has resulted in the declaration of emergency by the Governor .
New U.S. DOL Guidance Impacts Puerto Rico Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor issued on 3/26/20, additional guidelines which significantly limits the availability of the emergency paid sick leave (Emergency Paid Sick Leave) and expanded Family and Medical Leave (Emergency FMLA Leave) included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to Puerto Rico employees laid off as a result of the lockdown .
Client Alerts
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 .
NEW PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE APPROVED
On April 9, 2020, Puerto Rico’s Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced signed Law No. 37-2020 (Law 37) which grants a special paid leave of five working days for private sector non-exempt employees who suffer, or are suspected of suffering, from COVID-19 or any other sickness that has resulted in the declaration of emergency by the Governor .
New U.S. DOL Guidance Impacts Puerto Rico Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor issued on 3/26/20, additional guidelines which significantly limits the availability of the emergency paid sick leave (Emergency Paid Sick Leave) and expanded Family and Medical Leave (Emergency FMLA Leave) included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to Puerto Rico employees laid off as a result of the lockdown .
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