Band 3
Provided by Janine Guzmán
Employment; Data Protection, Privacy and Security; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail
With over 30 years of experience, Janine Guzmán has represented corporate clients in complex labor and employment matters including hiring, wage and hour, statutory licenses and employee benefits, performance, discipline and termination, business restructurings, reductions in force and relocations, drug testing programs, discrimination, sexual harassment, affirmative action, employee privacy, confidentiality and restrictive covenants, defamation, safety in the workplace and immigration. She has developed vast experience in the legal and regulatory aspects of both federal and local labor issues. Janine counsels small, medium and large national and international corporations regarding employment issues on an ongoing basis.
She advises a wide range of businesses covering a number of sectors, among them retail, wholesale, services, educational institutions, hospitality and leisure, communications and manufacturing. Her extensive experience includes wrongful discharges; employment discrimination proceedings at the federal, state and local levels; defending claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Puerto Rico wage-and-hour laws; and representation before the Unemployment Bureau, Industrial Commission, Anti-Discrimination Unit, the EEOC, OSHA, Arbitration and Conciliation Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board.
Federal Bar Association
Society for Human Resources Management
Association of Labor Relations Practitioners
Puerto Rico Bar Association
J.D., Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Provided by Chambers
Established partner Janine Guzmán of DLA Piper Puerto Rico is commended by interviewees for her track record in the labour and employment area in Puerto Rico.
Provided by Chambers
Janine Guzmán is very knowledgeable and provides practical advice.
Janine Guzmán is very knowledgeable and provides practical advice.