State Disability: Puerto Rico


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The Puerto Rico Public Disability Insurance Law (TDI) requires that all employees working in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (except for government employees and certain tax-exempt organizations) must participate in an audited and regulated short-term disability income replacement plan. Employers may satisfy their obligation to make this coverage available to their employees in one of three ways:

  • They may have their employees participate in the Public TDI plan.
  • They may have an Insurance Company provide a "Private" insured plan to their employees.
  • They may establish a "Private" self-insured plan to provide coverage to their employee

Puerto Rico administers its state disability law as an adjunct to its unemployment insurance law.

Eligibility. To be eligible an employee must have received wages of at least $150.00 in covered employment during the first 4 of the last 5 calendar quarters which immediately precede the first day of disability.

Benefits. Maximum - $113.00 per week, minimum - $12.00 per week. Benefits are paid by schedule and are based on total wages received in the base year. Partial weeks are based on a 7 day week and are computed to the complete high dollar.

Elimination Period. Benefits begin on the 8th day of disability or 1st day of hospital confinement if sooner.

Benefit Period. 26 weeks within any 52 week period.

Recurrent Disability. Two periods of disability due to the same illness or accident or related thereto, which are not separated by more than 90 days are considered as one period of disability.

Extension of Benefits. None.

Maternity Leave Act. Up to 8 weeks of leave at 50% of wage are payable in conjunction with the above.