This could result in new guidance designed to undo the Trump administration’s directive to deny unemployment benefits. On Friday President Joe Biden signed an executive order designed to make it easier for workers who refuse unsafe jobs in the midst of the raging...
The scheme perpetrated by a group of students of a private school in San Juan makes many wonder what is wrong with the system. SAN JUAN — Thirty students from a private all-male Jesuit school in San Juan were claiming unemployment benefits, receiving checks for...
The mandate was issued without a previous announcement from the Department of Children and Families or from the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. FLORIDA — As many businesses in Florida shut down indefinitely or closed for good due to the COVID-19...
Laid-off workers share their stories of frustration about the island’s inefficient Labor Department systems. SAN JUAN — Yaricsa De La Rosa disobeyed Puerto Rico’s curfew last week to get a number from the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH by...
The stabbing of a man and threats to employees have forced the department to change its claim-filing process amid its secretary’s resignation. San Juan — The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH by its Spanish initials) announced Tuesday a...