P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4563
Layoffs may be decreed in the service upon the establishing the plan for these purposes, for the following reasons:
(a) For lack of work or funds.— Layoffs shall be decreed within the groups of employees whose positions have the same classification title, and considering the status of the employees within each group, their productivity as reflected by the periodic evaluations required by this subtitle, their habits of punctuality, and attendance at work, and their seniority in the public service.
Career employees shall be notified in writing of the procedures followed to decree the layoffs, and the criteria used. They shall also be notified of their right to appeal before the Personnel Administration Systems Board of Appeals. No layoff shall be effective unless it is notified thirty (30) days prior to its effective date.
(b) When it is determined after an evaluation process that the employee is physically or mentally disabled.
Any employee convicted for a felony, or a misdemeanor that implies moral turpitude, or for the infraction of his/her official duties, shall be removed from service pursuant to § 556 of Title 3.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 12.013; Apr. 13, 1995, No. 36, § 42; renumbered as § 11.013 on Jan. 10, 1999, No. 30, § 3.