Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Labour & Employment

Puerto Rico

12 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Janine Guzmán

Latin America

Practice Areas

Employment; Data Protection, Privacy and Security; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail

Career

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.

Professional Memberships

Federal Bar Association

Society for Human Resources Management

Association of Labor Relations Practitioners

Puerto Rico Bar Association

Personal

J.D., Inter American University of Puerto Rico

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Latin-America

Labour & Employment - Puerto Rico

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Established partner Janine Guzmán of DLA Piper Puerto Rico is commended by interviewees for her track record in the labour and employment realm in Puerto Rico.

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