P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 304
Business establishments, except for those mentioned in § 302 of this title, shall remain closed to the public on Sundays from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. only, without being able to perform any kind of work outside of the hours established in this section, except that, at the discretion of the owner, agent, manager or person in charge of the business, such establishments may perform those tasks that are related to the continuity of their operations and maintenance of their physical facilities. As for drug stores and business establishments operating drug stores, the latter and the former may only sell before 11:00 a.m. on Sundays and on the dates listed in § 302 of this title, prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and healthcare devices, as these terms are defined in §§ 407 et seq. of Title 20, and the regulations thereunder, as well as items for baby care, hygiene and grooming, baked goods, school supplies, newspapers, books, magazines, and such other items as the Department of Consumer Affairs may establish by regulation.
All business establishments, as defined in this chapter, except for establishments listed in the following sentence, shall be under the obligation to pay employees working on Sundays a minimum compensation of eleven (11) dollars and fifty (50) cents per hour worked such days.
An exemption on the minimum Sunday compensation clause is hereby provided for business establishments operated exclusively by their owners or their owners’ relatives with second-degree of consanguinity or affinity; business establishments owned by natural or juridical person with not more than twenty-five (25) employees in their weekly payroll, including employees under contract; business establishments operating in hotels, inns, condo-hotels, airports, and sea ports; establishments operating in facilities devoted to cultural, artisan, recreational or sports activities; establishments primarily devoted to the manufacture and the direct sale to the public of prepared meals; book stores or stands or kiosks devoted to the sale of books, magazines, newspapers, and literary or musical recordings or publications; galleries, workshops, centers or kiosks devoted to the sale of Puerto Rican works of art or artisanry items; establishments and farmers’ markets; and business establishments at funeral homes or cemeteries.
History —Dec. 1, 1989, No. 1, p. 633, § 5; Dec. 31, 1997, No. 212, § 3; Nov. 16, 2009, No. 143, § 4.