Managing IT to Create Business Value
Every year companies waste billions of dollars in IT products and services with high expectations that do not materialize. While IT can assist a company do new or different things- it has no inherent value unless it enhancing the company’s competitiveness. Well intended products and services will create value only if management focuses on expected […]
National Labor Relations Board issues guidelines useful to prepare social media policies
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a third report on social media based on cases brought to the agency. The report provides useful guidelines for employers to review their current policy or to prepare one that is lawful under the National Labor Relations Act. Social media provisions are unlawful when they interfere with the […]
Labor & Employment Laws in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, both federal labor and employment laws and local labor and employment laws uniquely govern the workplace, providing a comprehensive legal framework protecting the rights of workers are upheld. Federal labor and employment laws applicable in Puerto Rico include: With certain limitations, Federal labor and employment laws generally apply in Puerto Rico. These […]
Sube el costo del afidávit
En Puerto Rico, cada vez que un notario certifica la firma de una persona, tiene que cancelar un sello del gobierno en su libro. Este sello ahora cuesta un 66% más. Recientemente se aprobó una ley (83-2012) para aumentar a “cinco ($5.00) dólares el valor de la estampilla de la Sociedad para la Asistencia […]
Invalidan proceso eleccionario acelerado de la Junta Nacional (NLRB)
Un tribunal federal de Washington D.C., invalidó los cambios recientes a los procesos de elecciones sindicales que aprobó la Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo basado en un tecnicismo fundamental. Las nuevas medidas vetadas hacían más rápido y probable que un sindicato entrara a organizar los empleados en una empresa. En Chamber of Commerce v. […]