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Robert Alex Fleming, Lead Attorney at Fleming Law Offices, LLC

Robert Alex Fleming is a corporate and trial attorney with over 35 years of experience advising and representing clients in Puerto Rico. He leads Fleming Law Offices, LLC, where his practice is informed by decades of experience in commercial matters, litigation, governance, and dispute resolution. Mr. Fleming is admitted to practice before the courts of Puerto Rico, several federal courts, and the state courts of New York and Texas. He holds an LL.M. in Commercial Law and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Hours of Work

Regular working hours  in Puerto Rico are eight (8) hours during any workday and forty hours (40) during any workweek.  Thus eight (8) hours of work constitute the legal workday in Puerto Rico and forty (40) hours of work constitute a workweek. Extra working hours include: hours that an employee works for his employer in […]

Professionals in Puerto Rico and FLSA

In Puerto Rico, certain professionals, including those in the creative field are exempt under minimum wage laws. The exempt categories are similar to those under  federal law. In addition to the requirements as to the wage rate and form of payment, the professional employee exemption applies only if its essential function of work requires advanced […]

Applicability of Minimum Wage

Act No. 180 of July 27, 1998, provides that the federal minimum wage fixed by the Fair Labor Standards Act approved by the Congress of the United States of America on June 25, 1938, as it has subsequently been amended, shall automatically apply to the workers in Puerto Rico covered by the federal act. Those […]

Disability Benefits in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico provides disability benefits to workers for non-work related disabilities under SINOT law (stands for ‘Non Occupational Temporary Disability Insurance’);  up to 26 weeks.  The salary of the worker determines the  rate. The minimum weekly rate is $12.00 and the maximum  is $113.00. If the disability is later determined to be work related, the […]

Working Age

The FSLA permits the employment of persons between the ages sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) only in occupations that the Secretary of Labor does not declare to be hazardous or detrimental to the health of children. Children between the ages of 14 and 16 are permitted to work (1) in occupations other than manufacturing and […]