P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 757a
The Christmas Bonus for 1997 shall be equal to four point five percent (4.5%) of the annual salary of the official or employee, and from 1998 henceforth shall be equal to six percent (6%) of the annual salary of the official or employee. From 1999 henceforth, the Christmas Bonus shall be equal to six point twenty-five percent (6.25%) of the annual salary of the official or employee. From the year 2001 henceforth, it shall be equal to seven point eighty-one twenty-five percent (7.8125) of the annual salary of the official or employee. The Christmas Bonus in 2003 and henceforth shall be equal to twelve point five percent (12.5%) of the annual salary of the official or employee. For the purposes of determining the amount of the Christmas Bonus, the annual salary shall be deemed to be the total salary earned by the official or employee up to the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) during the twelve (12) months preceding December 1st of the year in which the bonus is granted. Services rendered for fifteen (15) days or more during a month shall be considered as a month of service.
In the case [of] a public official or employee who holds a regular career office, who works as [a] transitory or irregular employee, and who is or has been on military leave with or without pay during the calendar year, for the purposes of the amount of the Christmas Bonus, the annual salary shall be considered to be the total salary earned by the official or employee during the twelve (12) months preceding December 1st of the year in which the bonus is granted in which he or she has worked as employee and has not been activated, up to the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,000).
Provided, That in the case of municipalities, the increase in the amount of the Christmas Bonus shall be adjusted pursuant to the financial capability of the same and pursuant to § 4566 of Title 21 part of the “Autonomous Municipalities Act”.
History —June 12, 1969, No. 34, p. 57, § 2; Aug. 20, 1997, No. 92, § 1; Aug. 17, 2001, No. 116, § 1; July 31, 2003, No. 173, § 1; Dec. 6, 2003, No. 297, § 1.