P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4551
Each municipality shall establish an autonomous system for the administration of the municipal personnel.
Said system shall be governed by the merit principle in order to provide a public service of excellence based on equity, justice, efficiency, and productivity without discrimination based on race, color, sex, birth, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin or social condition nor due to political or religious beliefs or for being a victim of domestic violence. Said system shall be consistent with the guidelines of the Training and Labor Affairs Advisory and Human Resources Administration Office (OCALARH, Spanish acronym), adopted by virtue of §§ 1461 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Public Service Human Resources Administration Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
The municipalities shall adopt a uniform personnel administration regulation that contains a uniform compensation and classification plan duly actualized for the career and trust services; a system of recruitment, selection and regulation regarding training, evaluation of employees and officers and regarding the matter of retention and dismissals.
The Central Personnel Administration Office shall provide the technical advice and assistance needed to establish the personnel administration system for each municipality, considering its size, the complexity of its organization, and the circumstances and needs thereof, in harmony with the provisions of this subtitle. This office shall prepare no later than ninety (90) days after the approval of this act, the Classification and Compensation Guidelines for Municipal Administration, which shall be used by the municipalities as a uniform guide to comply with the provisions of this subtitle in everything that concerns the drafting and approval of [the] Compensation and Positions Classification Plan. The Compensation and Position Classification Plan of the municipalities must be approved on or before May 31, 1997.
The municipalities may contract the services of private consultants specialized in personnel administration when their needs require it and their fiscal resources allow it. The consulting services contract shall include, among others, a provision regarding the civil liability of the consultant. In addition, they may use the services of the Central Personnel Administration Office by means of an agreement with it.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 12.001; Apr. 13, 1995, No. 36, § 35; renumbered as § 11.001 on Jan. 10, 1999, No. 30, § 3; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 258, § 27; Aug. 27, 2005, No. 107, § 1; May 29, 2013, No. 22, § 8.