Federal laws and regulations which govern employee benefits programs increase in complexity every year. When added to the demand of complying with all Puerto Rico laws and regulations, the need for the advice of an attorney fully dedicated to an employee benefits practice is unavoidable. We offer a complete range of services related to the design, structure, implementation, qualification, administration, and termination of all types of tax-qualified retirement and welfare benefits plans. In designing and structuring these plans, our attorneys draw on the experience gathered by our highly successful ERISA litigation team, to insure that all legal and procedural protections and defenses available to employers are incorporated into the plans. We also advise employers on the employee benefits aspects of key business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, and severance plan-related issues.

We guide employers through the mine field laid by the interaction of myriad state statutes with federal laws and regulations, and the fact that Puerto Rico is not an employment at will jurisdiction. Training on termination, documentation, sexual harassment and discrimination preventive practices, employment litigation under all federal and state statutes, non-competition agreements, workers' compensation, counseling on matters relating to plant closings, downsizings and workforce restructurings, and unjust dismissal actions are but some of the areas in which we routinely work with management. We also help employers develop and implement employee relations' policies designed to minimize risk, assure compliance with statutes such as the FMLA and the ADA, and avoid costly and time consuming litigation. In the area of agency representation, we regularly appear before the EEOC and various state and local fair employment practice agencies in response to administrative charges of discrimination.