P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 1321
This Legislature resolves and declares that the values of equality and freedom expressed in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are the keystone of Puerto Rican society. It is our duty to ascertain the strict compliance of the constitutional guarantee that all persons have that they will not be discriminated against on account of their sex. We recognize that the Puerto Rican women make up half of the labor force, as well as the fact that most of the unemployed persons are women. When women entered the labor force, it also brought about the division of work according to sex. This segregation in employment continues, in spite of the constitutional and legal provisions which prohibit it. There is also underemployment with regard to the academic training of women and differences in the wage levels between the sexes. The intention of this chapter is to guarantee the equal right to employment of men as well as of women, prohibiting the actions of those who promote discrimination, fixing responsibilities, and imposing penalties.
History
—July 6, 1985, No. 69, p. 236, § 1.