Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (R) declared a state of emergency Jan. 27 in response to an ongoing influenza epidemic, triggering the island’s emergency sick leave law.
The state of emergency was declared in Executive Order 2026-005 (Spanish), which automatically caused a provision of the Puerto Rico Vacation and Sick Leave Act to go into effect. The provision, created through Act 37-2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, entitles covered employees to up to five additional days of paid sick leave during public health emergencies.
Following the governor’s declaration, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources released guidance on Jan. ...
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