P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 71a
(a) Every slot machine service attendant and technician who ceases to work for the Tourism Company as a result of being contracted by a licensee pursuant to the provisions of § 71(c) of this title, shall receive from the Tourism Company for a period of one year, while employed by a licensee as a slot machine service attendant or technician, an additional remuneration equal to forty-five percent (45%) of his/her basic salary as of May 31, 1997, as compensation for the loss of fringe benefits that the slot machine service attendant or technician enjoyed during his term of employment with the Tourism Company. This payment shall be made in twelve (12) monthly payments, provided the employee continues working for a licensee as a slot machine service attendant or technician.
(b) Every slot machine service attendant or technician affected by §§ 71—79 and 85—89 of this title shall have the option to waive his/her right to be employed by a licensee, resign from the Tourism Company. In this case, the Tourism Company shall pay him/her the basic salary equivalent to one year. Every slot machine service attendant or technician wishing to avail him/herself of this option shall have up to sixty (60) days after the approval of this act to file a petition in writing to such effect with the Executive Director of the Tourism Company in order to avail him/herself of this benefit.
(c) The Tourism Company is expressly exempted from having to extend other benefits to the slot machine service attendants or technicians who cease to work for the Tourism Company due to the approval of this act.
(d) The Tourism Company shall prepare a list of the employees of the Tourism Company who are eligible to fill the positions of slot machine service attendant or technician, to be distributed among the licensees. This list shall include the name of the employee, his/her experience and employment qualifications. The licensees must make their job offers to the employees included in said list pursuant to the provisions of this section.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 221, p. 750, added as § 2a on June 26, 1997, No. 24, § 2.