P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4568
Municipal employees shall enjoy other paid or unpaid leave as established by regulations, such as the following:
(a) Serve as a confidential official in any Department or Agency of the Executive Branch; in any authority or agency excluded from Public Service Personnel Act, Act No. 5 of 1975, Section 10.6; in one of the agencies exempted from Act No. 5 of 1975, due to their Individual Administrator status under Section 5.3 of said Act; or in another municipality of Puerto Rico, in the confidential service.
(b) To hold a public elective office to which he/she has been elected or designated as substitute, in the Executive or Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(c) Military leave, to attend National Guard or United States Army Reserve requirements and calls to active service by the Governor of Puerto Rico or the President of the United States.
(d) For judicial purposes, to act as a witness of the People of Puerto Rico.
(e) For study or training which enhance the education and capabilities of the public servant matters pertinent to his/her employment.
(f) To participate in activities in representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(g) To render volunteer services to the Civil Defense corps and other organizations that render emergency services in case of disasters.
(h) For sports activities, with the prior authorization of the mayor or his/her authorized representative.
(i) Unpaid leave shall not be granted in case that the employee means to use it to seek other employment opportunities.
(j) If the cause for which leave was granted ceases to exist, the employee must return to work immediately, or notify to the agency the reasons for which he/she is not available, or his/her decision not to return to his/her position at work.
(k) To regular career employees, to protect their regular status or those rights to which they may be entitled in case of:
(1) A disability claim before the Retirement System of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or another entity, and the employee has run out of vacation or sick leave.
(2) A work-related accident suffered by the employee and, as a result of which he/she is undergoing treatment in the State Insurance Fund, or pending a final determination related to his/her accident, and he/she has run out of vacation or sick leave.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 12.018; Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 52; Apr. 13, 1995, No. 36, § 47; Apr. 28, 1996, No. 26, § 3; Aug. 4, 1996, No. 97, § 4; renumbered as § 11.018 on Jan. 10, 1999, No. 30, § 3; Aug. 31, 2000, No. 263, § 2; Nov. 22, 2009, No. 151, § 9.