P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1451d
(a) Employees appointed to regular career positions of any agency of the central government may organize and affiliate to labor organizations.
(b) The following officials and employees shall be excluded from all bargaining units for purposes of collective bargaining certified by the Commission:
(1) Employees appointed to positions of trust, transitory, irregular, by day, or confidential.
(2) Officials subject to legislative confirmation.
(3) Supervisors of all agencies, as this term has been defined in this chapter.
(4) Employees of the Commission.
(5) Employees of the Central Office.
(6) Employees of the Governor’s own office and of administrative units or attached offices that exercise confidential functions or hold positions of trust.
(7) Employees of the Office of Management and Budget.
(8) Employees who render services for the Government of Puerto Rico or for any of its agencies or instrumentalities in offices outside of Puerto Rico.
(9) Employees of the Commonwealth Election Commission.
(10) Members of the Puerto Rico Police, Commonwealth civilian employees, and officials of the Puerto Rico National Guard and the officers, employees, and officials of the Department of Justice.
(11) Employees of the Office of Government Ethics.
(12) Bodies created for a specific purpose for a fixed term.
(c) Employees of the University of Puerto Rico are hereby excluded from the provisions of this chapter.
History —Feb. 25, 1998, No. 45, § 4.3, renumbered as § 4.2 and amended on Aug. 7, 2001, No. 96, § 2; Aug. 24, 2012, No. 206, § 1.