Representative Joel Franqui Atiles recently presented the media that will increase the minimum wage in Puerto Rico and enter entry from June next year.
Franqui Atiles recorded that he had just passed the Chamber of Deputies’ approval of his authority for these fines, and the same was sent to the Senate for his approval. The media, which publishes publications and publishes reports on its evaluation and analysis, provides information on the latest Session Days.
The representative explained that the Cámara Project 425 will increase the minimum wage by $ 8.50 from July 2021 onwards to all co-workers working on the Ley de Normas Razonables del Trabajo, and has an automatic increase every three years ‘Consumer price index’ was published by Junta de Planificación.
“This medium receives the recommendations we receive and the incidents included in the previous project that we present. Do not hesitate to hope for the creation of a committee to evaluate the viability of a minimum wage increase in Puerto Rico. Therefore, the statute recommends that the increase be pa rticularly or in the form of escalation in order not to prejudge the operation of the medians and small companies that were affected by the COVID pandemic 19. , Indicó Franqui Atiles.
“So the media suggests that the first increase is $ 8.50 per hour, and the price can start at $ 9.00 per hour. “In case a minimum wage is approved by the mayor, the minimum wage will be paid by the federal government,” the legislator said.
Segun is exposed in the ley project, in the island of more than 300,000 people occupy a workload subject to a minimum wage of $ 7.25 per hour, which equates to an annual salary of $ 15,080 without the established descents. “It is necessary and just, the minimum wage is increased to ensure that all poor people have a better quality of life. We know that with $ 8.50 or $ 9.00 the time has not come for full justice to the workers, but he has to pay to do so in this direction. For this medium, an automatic escalator has been established, ”said the representative.
Different from Puerto Rico, the minimum wage continues to increase in states like Oregon ($ 9.10), California ($ 9.00), New Jersey ($ 8.25), Washington ($ 9.32), Vermont ($ 8.73), among many others.
The medium also establishes that the Secretary of Economic Development in conjunction with the Department of Labor and Human Resources may apply to an industry in particular of the minimum wage increase if it is demonstrated that the economic impact is of a magnitude that justifies its implementation.