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Laws of Puerto Rico
TITLE TWENTY-NINE LaborPART I. Labor Provisions Generally
Chapter 7. Protection of Employees’ Rights
§ 147a. Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status, political affiliation, or political or religious ideology, or for being a victim or perceived as a victim of domestic violence, sexual aggression or stalking, for being a servicemember, ex-servicemember, serving or having served in the United States Armed Forces, or holding veteran status—Apprenticeship, training or retraining

P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 147a

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§ 147a. Discrimination because of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, social or national origin or social status, political affiliation, or political or religious ideology, or for being a victim or perceived as a victim of domestic violence, sexual aggression or stalking, for being a servicemember, ex-servicemember, serving or having served in the United States Armed Forces, or holding veteran status—Apprenticeship, training or retraining

Any employer, labor organization or joint labor-management committee that controls apprenticeship, training or retraining programs, including on-the-job training programs, which discriminates against a person based on his/her race, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, social origin or condition, political affiliation, political or religious beliefs, or for being a victim or perceived as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or because of his/her advanced age, without just cause to be admitted to, or employed in any apprenticeship or other training program:

(a) Shall incur civil liability:

(1) For a sum equal to twice the amount of the damages sustained by the employee or applicant for employment on account of such action;

(2) or for a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), in the discretion of the court, if no pecuniary damages are determinable;

(3) or for twice the amount of the damages sustained if said amount were under the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), and

(b) shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, be punished by a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in jail for a term [no less than thirty (30) days] not more than ninety (90) days, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court.

The court may, in the judgment passed on civil actions brought under the preceding provisions, direct the employer to reinstate the employee in his former employ and to cease and desist from the act involved.

History —June 30, 1959, No. 100, p. 284, added as § 2-A on June 22, 1975, No. 58, p. 131; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 116, § 4; Sept. 13, 1997, No. 121, § 5; Dec. 17, 2006, No. 271, § 5; Aug. 13, 2008, No. 250, § 4, eff. 30 days after Aug. 13, 2008; Sept. 13, 2012, No. 232, § 1; May 29, 2013, No. 22, § 15.