P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 250i
(a) Any employee or worker who receives compensation for his/her work which is less than that prescribed by this chapter or a collective bargaining agreement or an individual work contract, shall be entitled to collect through a civil suit, the difference owed up to the total amount of the corresponding compensation for wages, vacation and sick leave, or any other benefit, plus an amount equal to that which has not been paid to him/her as additional compensation, plus costs interest, expenses and fees of the lawyers in the case, notwithstanding any other agreement to the contrary.
(b) All claims that several or all of the workers or employees have against an employer in common for work performed in the same establishment, firm or site may be joined in a single suit.
(c) Claims may be handled by regular suit or through any procedure for wage claims that are established in other laws of Puerto Rico.
(d) With regard to compliance of this chapter, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may file suit on his own account or at the request of one or more workers or employees with an interest therein, and in representation and benefit of one or more of the same who are in similar circumstances, for the payment of any indebted amount for wages, additional compensation, interests, costs, expenses and lawyers fees that are indicated in subsection (a) of this section. Any worker with an interest therein may become a plaintiff in any suit that is thus brought by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources.
(e) The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may become a plaintiff or intervener in any judicial suit or proceeding that is filed by any person under this chapter.
History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 11.