Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (PRDLHR) (Spanish: Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos de Puerto Rico) is an executive department of the government of Puerto Rico.
As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$16.66 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [ 236 ] [ 237 ] [ 238 ] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour.
The Puerto Rico State Guard (PRSG; Spanish: Guardia Estatal de Puerto Rico) is the state defense force of Puerto Rico that operates under the sole authority of the governor of Puerto Rico who, in turn, delegates such authority to the Puerto Rico Adjutant General.
[1] [2] [3] Its head of state is the president of the United States, currently Donald Trump. As an unincorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico is neither a sovereign state nor a state of the United States. The federal government of the United States has enumerated powers, including monetary policy, foreign relations, and defense.
Taxation in Puerto Rico consists of taxes paid to the United States federal government and taxes paid to the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.Payment of taxes to the federal government, both personal and corporate, is done through the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS), while payment of taxes to the Commonwealth government is done through the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury ...
Puerto Rico is the only current U.S. jurisdiction whose legal system operates primarily in a language other than American English: namely, Spanish.Because the U.S. federal government operates primarily in English, Puerto Rican attorneys are typically bilingual in order to litigate in English in U.S. federal courts and to litigate federal preemption issues in Puerto Rican courts.
Puerto Rico Highway 53 (PR-53) or unsigned Interstate PR3 is a main tollway that is parallel to Puerto Rico Highway 3, which goes from Fajardo to Salinas. [6] Some segments are still in planning, but when finished it will be about 58 miles (93 km) in length.
The three largest insurance companies operating in Puerto Rico are currently the only ones participating in "The Reform". These were Triple-S, Inc. with 40.4% of the Reform beneficiaries, Medical Card Systems (MCS) with 33.5%, and Humana with 26.1%.