To establish the new “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act”, in order to allow 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, to establish its powers and composition; to provide protection for workers in local companies not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; to establish everything related to vacation and sick leave ; empower the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to implement this Act; repeal Act 180-1998, as amended; and for other related purposes.
Date: May 19, 2008
Budget request for fiscal year 2008-09 before the House of Representatives.
Date: September 9, 2009
To order the Labor, Veterans Affairs and Human Resources Committee of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out extensive research in relation to the growth of the migratory phenomenon of Puerto Rican compatriots who move to the United States, representing for the Island a great flight of talent that could contribute significantly to the economic and professional field of Puerto Rico; to identify the factors that have caused the failure of the programs implemented by the past administration to prevent the growth of this migratory phenomenon and the presentation of new strategies to retain on our Island the greatest resource we have, the human resource.
Date: February 24, 2017
To amend Article 3 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, and to amend Article 12,001 of Law 78-2011, as amended, known as the Electoral Law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to exclude the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute from the application of certain provisions of Article 12,001 of Law 78-2011, and from laws from which the Office of Government Ethics is excluded, with the objective of granting the Institute operational autonomy, administrative and fiscal requirements you need to continue to fully carry out your duties and responsibilities, and for other related purposes.

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