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 worker will receive worker’s compensation benefits from the CFSE (Puerto Rico’s public corporation that administers worker’ compensation) . Employers can obtain SINOT insurance through the government (PR Department of labor) or through a private carrier.
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.