Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Termination (common law) in Puerto Rico
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Published April 2, 2025 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team
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How the limitation period applies
The controlling primary authority for US-PR statute-of-limitations — wrongful-termination-common-law is P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, § 185l (Art. 12, Ley Núm. 80 de 30 de mayo de 1976).
P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, § 185l (Art. 12, Ley Núm. 80 de 30 de mayo de 1976). Los derechos que concede esta Ley prescribirán por el transcurso de un (1) año a partir de la fecha efectiva del despido mismo.
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Sources
All sources are official primary law published by trabajo.pr.gov.
Corroboration method: live_primary_pdf_fetch_pdftotext_extract.
