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.
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P. of S. 852
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P. of S. 2348
Date: November 10, 2011
To order the Department of Education to conduct a statistical study on how many gifted students there are in both the public education system and the private education system.
R. of C. 1725
Date: February 29, 2012
To order the Committee on Education and Non-Profit Organizations and Cooperatives of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives to carry out a study on the proliferation of institutions that offer degrees on an accelerated and remote basis, in order to verify that they comply with applicable laws and regulations, so as to ensure excellent education for their participants.
P. of C. 404 & 850
To amend Article 7 of Law 246-2011, as amended, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, to establish an interdisciplinary working group to evaluate minors suspected of domestic abuse, which will be activated when a situation where a situation is identified or reported where a minor with any trauma, injury or condition that appears to be not accidental is identified or reported; to expand the scope of action, duties and functions of the Death Review Panel of the Department of Family; and for other related purposes.P. of C. 850: To amend Act No. 246-2011, as amended, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, to add Articles 78 and 79, to establish diversion programs for the purpose of re-educating and retraining first offenders who engage in abusive or negligent conduct against minors, and to order the Department of the Family to prepare
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