P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 250b
(a) Mandatory decree.— Means a decree passed by the Minimum Wage Board under the provisions of Act No. 96 of June 26, 1956, as amended, or by the Secretary, under this chapter.
(b) Department.— Refers to the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico.
(c) Employ.— Means to hire, allow or put to work.
(d) Industry.— Shall mean any field of economic activity and comprises agriculture, silviculture, fishing, mining, construction, manufacture, wholesale and retail trade, finances, insurance and real estate business, transportation, communications and other public and personal (except household services), professional and business services.
(e) Board.— Means the Minimum Wage Board.
(f) Worker, employee or laborer.— Includes any person who works, practices or engages in any art, skill, trade or labor under the orders of, or for the benefit of another person, based on a contract for the leasing of services, or by some type of remuneration, or an express or tacit promise to receive it, in any industry. It does not include independent contractors.
(g) Employer.— Includes any natural or juridical person of any nature who, for profit or not, employs or allows any number of laborers, workers, or employees to work for any type of compensation.
(h) Salary.— Includes wages, pay, remuneration and any type of compensation, whether in cash, in kind, services, facilities, or any combination thereof; but shall not include anything but money when it is a minimum wage prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise provided or authorized by the Secretary.
(i) Minimum wage.— Comprises the minimum wages established pursuant to this chapter for workers of enterprises or for activities not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
(j) Federal minimum wage.— Is the minimum wage established by the Fair Labor Standards Act approved by the Congress of the United States of America on June 25, 1938, as amended.
(k) Secretary.— Refers to the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico.
History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 4.