P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 1127
The wages to be paid by private employers to the workers under the provisions of this chapter shall be those in effect at any given moment, determined by the Minimum Wage Act of Puerto Rico or of the United States, whichever of the two be the most profitable to the worker, or by collective agreements in the region for similar work.
In case the employer be a government agency, public instrumentality or municipality, the wages to be paid shall be those as received by the regular employees of the agency, instrumentality or municipality for similar jobs.
When it is the Administration which is directly offering the employment, the wages shall be fixed taking into consideration the prevailing wages in the region for similar labor and the legislative intention that through these programs there will not be established an unfair competition towards determined private employers, nor will there be restrained the normal work opportunities in the private sector.
The Administration shall determine the total hours that a worker may work in a determined week or in any period of time, considering the nature of the work, the manner in which it is done and the legislative intention that the workers who avail themselves of the benefits of this chapter shall always have sufficient incentive to accept normal employment as soon as these are available.
History —June 21, 1968, No. 115, p. 253, title II, § 7, eff. 30 days after June 21, 1968.