P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2203
Whenever the Governor of Puerto Rico, as Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Puerto Rico, orders same to the Commonwealth Active Military Service, said body shall receive such pay and compensation as may be established and fixed by the Governor to that effect, and they cannot be higher than those established for similar ranks corresponding to the Army of the United States; Provided, That the officers as well as the men enlisted in any branch of the State Guard shall receive remuneration or pay for each day of drill or for any other official service to which they may be assigned, which remuneration or pay shall be in such amount as may be established according to the foregoing provisions of this section; and Provided, further, That such remuneration or pay will in no way affect any compensation to which any member of the State Guard may be entitled by reason of his services as an employee of either the federal or the Commonwealth Government.
Any person who by reason of his membership in the National [State] Guard of Puerto Rico absents himself from a position or employment and who, upon the honorable termination of his State Active Military Service or training with the State Guard of Puerto Rico is still qualified to perform the duties of such position and makes application for reemployment within forty days after he is relieved from such training and service:
(1) If such position was in the employ of the Commonwealth Government or any of the municipalities of Puerto Rico, such person shall be restored to such position or appointed to a position of like seniority, status, and pay.
(2) If such position was in the employ of a private employer, such employer shall restore such person to such position or a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employer’s circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 302, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.