P.R. Laws tit. 11, § 4a
In those cases that the injury, occupational disease or death which entitles the worker, employee, or their beneficiaries to compensation pursuant to this chapter, have been caused as a result of violations to §§ 361—361aa of Title 29, or of the rules and regulations approved by virtue thereof, duly notified and not corrected within the term prescribed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the injured worker, or his/her beneficiaries in case of death, shall be entitled to receive additional compensation equal to three (3) times that established in this chapter.
The additional compensation provided herein shall be paid by the Administrator, all at once, from the Fund for Uninsured Employers’ Cases. The amount of said additional compensation shall be billed to the employer and shall constitute a lien on all his/her property, making it available, as provided in this chapter, for the collection of the compensation in the case of uninsured employers. The sums to be paid by virtue of this section shall not be taken into account for the purposes of fixing premiums.
The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources and the Administrator of the Corporation of the State Insurance Fund, shall jointly establish the regulations needed to process, the handling by among both agencies, for the additional compensation payment. The regulations herein authorized shall be completed within sixty (60) days from the effective date of this act.
The employer may appeal the Administrator’s decision imposing additional compensation before the Industrial Commission within a term of thirty (30) days after having been served.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, added as § 3-B on June 6, 1967, No. 111, § 1, p. 350; June 27, 1987, No. 50, § 1, p. 170; Sept. 6, 1996, No. 200, § 1.