No habrá un incremento en la cantidad mínima para que trabajadores califiquen como empleados exentos. Todo permanece igual. El gobierno federal recién había aprobado una nueva regla para darle a los empleados exentos o asalariados que ganen menos de $913 a la semana el derecho a cobrar horas extra sobre 40 a la semana (a tiempo y medio). El cambio fundamental es que subía la cantidad mínima para que un trabajador fuera considerado empleado exento- de $455 a $913 semanal ($47,476 por año). La implicación de esto era que una gran parte de los trabajadores en la Isla, iban a tener derecho a cobrar horas extras.
Como parte de la ley PROMESA, el Congreso decidió no extender ese beneficio a los trabajadores en Puerto Rico.
Según lo aprobado en el Senado-
(a) SPECIAL RULE.—The regulations proposed by the Secretary of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, and published in a notice in the Federal Register on July 6, 2015, and any final regulations issued related to such notice, shall have no force or effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico until—
(1) the Comptroller General of the United States completes the assessment and transmits the report required under subsection (b); and
(2) the Secretary of Labor, taking into account the assessment and report of the Comptroller General, provides a written determination to Congress that applying such rule to Puerto Rico would not have a negative impact on the economy of Puerto Rico.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall examine the economic conditions in Puerto Rico and shall transmit a report to Congress assessing the impact of applying the regulations described in subsection (a) to Puerto Rico, taking into consideration regional, metropolitan, and non-metropolitan salary and cost-of-living differences.
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