Overshadowed by the pandemic, Latin America’s GDP growth results closed 2020 at nearly -8%, while global GDP growth results closed at -5%.
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LatAm • The Legal 500 Latin America 2022
DLA Piper received 46 individual lawyer rankings and 68 firm rankings in The Legal 500 Latin America 2022 guide.
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• “The firm’s extensive
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Puerto Rico raises its minimum wage to $8.50 starting January 2022
Puerto Rico has enacted the Minimum Wage Act, Act No. 47-2021, increasing the Island’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 effective January 1, 2022.
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Employers in Puerto Rico must comply with new breastfeeding room requirements
By: Janine Guzman | Mariana Muñiz-Lara
Employers in the private and public sector must comply with new breastfeeding room requirements pursuant to a Guideline issued on February 11, 2021 by the Puerto Rico Women’s Solicitor
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Puerto Rico: Employers must establish workplace harassment protocols – guidelines are available
By: Janine Guzman | Mariana Muñiz-Lara
Further to the enactment of Act 90-2020 (Act 90), effective since August 7, 2020, employers in Puerto Rico now have until August 2, 2021 to adopt protocols on workplace
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Leadership in a time of crisis: Nikos Buxeda
Strength and Impact Series
In the third video of the Strength and Impact series, San Juan partner Nikos Buxeda discusses his background and journey into the legal profession, and how he came to join the
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Amid spike in positive cases, Puerto Rico tightens restrictions for businesses and tourism
Puerto Rico extends period for individuals to receive qualified retirement and individual retirement plan distributions for disaster relief
By: Manuel López-Zambrana | Janine Guzman | Juan Feliciano
On June 22, 2020, the Puerto Rico Treasury Department (“PRTD”) issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter 20-29 (“IRCL 20-29”) to extend the period until December 31, 2020
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Puerto Rico starts reopening businesses: Employers must establish exposure control plans
By: Mariana Muñiz-Lara | Janine Guzman
On May 1, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico issued Executive Order OE-2020-38, which extends until May 25, 2020 the lockdown in place since March 16 due to the
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Puerto Rico’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act is in force
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