Habilitación: becoming eligible to work in government again
Ley 8-2017 bars from public service anyone convicted or dismissed, and creates the process for that person to be evaluated and declared fit again.
August 15, 2026
Agency
Oficina de Administración y Transformación de los Recursos Humanos (OATRH)
The office that administers the Government of Puerto Rico’s human resources policy under Ley 8-2017. Among its citizen-facing services is the habilitación process, which lets a person who is ineligible for public service be evaluated and declared fit to join or rejoin it.
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Drug testing in public employment: when it applies and what a positive means
Act 78-1997 governs the public sector: you cannot be dismissed for a first corroborated positive, save five exceptions, and it sets 24- and 32-hour deadlines.
August 24, 2026
Suspended sentence or probation: relief to work for the government
Act 70-1963 relieves the legal disability to hold public posts for those with a suspended sentence, probation, an alternative penalty or parole.
August 25, 2026
Points on the public job exam for receiving economic assistance
Act 1-2004 adds five points or 5%, whichever is greater, to the public job exam, and protects the confidentiality of whoever discloses it.
August 26, 2026
The 5% public employment target for people with disabilities
Act 219-2006 sets public policy that every agency and public corporation have at least 5% qualified persons with disabilities in its workforce.
August 29, 2026
Paid leave for Red Cross disaster volunteers
Act 58-1994 gives public and municipal employees certified as Red Cross disaster volunteers up to 30 calendar days of paid leave in 12 months.
August 29, 2026
Day care for public employees
Act 84-1999 obliges every Puerto Rico government agency to have a day care centre for its employees’ preschool children. The one who sets the fee is your own agency.
August 31, 2026
Government work with a suspended sentence
Act 70-1963 lifts the disqualification automatically when the sentence is suspended. But the relief is not a job, and if probation is revoked you lose the post.
August 31, 2026
Mandatory financial training in public service
Act 42-2023 requires OATRH to give every public servant a personal-finance course, periodically through their career.
September 2, 2026
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