P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 155a
For the purposes of §§ 155—155m of this title, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(1) Employee.— Any person who works for an employer and receives compensation therefor, or any job applicant. For the purposes of the protection conferred by §§ 155—155m of this title, the term employee shall be interpreted in the broadest sense possible.
(2) Employer.— Any natural or juridical person of any kind, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including each of its three Branches and its instrumentalities or public corporations, municipal governments and any of its municipal instrumentalities or corporations which employ persons for any kind of compensation, for profit or non-profit purposes, and their agents and supervisors. It also includes labor unions and other organizations, groups or associations in which employees participate for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment with the employers, as well as employment agencies.
(3) Person.— Any natural or juridical person.
(4) Supervisor.— Any person that exercises some kind of control or whose recommendation is taken into consideration for the contracting, classifying, discharging, promoting, transfer, fixing compensation or working hours, places or conditions or the tasks or duties that an employee or group of employees perform or may perform, or on any other terms or conditions of employment, or any person that performs day to day supervisory tasks.
History —Apr. 22, 1988, No. 17, p. 76, § 2, eff. 60 days after Apr. 22, 1988.