P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 273

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§ 273. Overtime

Extra working hours are:

(a) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of eight (8) hours during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.

(b) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of forty during any week, unless the hours worked daily in excess of eight are paid at double time rates.

(c) The hours that an employee works for his employer during the days or hours when the establishment in which he renders services should remain closed to the public by legal provision; Provided, however, That the hours worked by an employee for his employer during the days or hours in which the establishment must remain closed to the public shall not be considered extra hours, when the employer has obtained from the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources the permit required by §§ 289 and 290 of this title, and the total number of hours worked by the employee during said day do not exceed eight (8) hours, nor the total number of hours worked during the week exceed forty (40) hours.

(d) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of such maximum working hours a day as the Minimum Wage Board may have fixed or may fix for the occupation, business, or industry in question.

(e) The hours that an employee works for his employer in excess of the maximum number of working hours a day fixed in a collective bargaining agreement.

History —May 15, 1948, No. 379, p. 1254, § 4; July 23, 1974, No. 223, Part 2, p. 161, § 3; Dec. 1, 1989, No. 1, p. 633, § 12; Nov. 16, 2009, No. 143, § 7.