P. of S. 182

Memorials
IEPR
04 March 2026

Date: April 21, 2021

To establish the “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Act”, for the purpose of allowing the state minimum wage in Puerto Rico to prevail over the federal minimum wage the higher it is; create the Minimum Wage Evaluation Board attached to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, provide for its powers and composition; provide protection for workers in local companies not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; empower the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to implement this Act; amend Article 1; repeal the Articles 2 and 3; amend the current Article 4 and re-list it as a new Article 2; repeal paragraph (d) of Article 5; re-list the current Articles 5, 6 and 7 as the new Articles 3, 4 and 5; amend the current Article 8 and re-list it as the new Article 6; re-list the current Articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 as the new Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10; amend the current Article 13 and re-list it as the new Article 11; and re-list the current Articles 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 like the new Articles 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Law 180-1998, according to amended, for the purpose of removing any minimum wage provision from that law; and for other related purposes.

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