P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 553
The system of public employment offices created pursuant to the provisions of §§ 551—563 of this title shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Employment Service Affiliated with the United States Employment Service” and shall be administered through the Bureau of Employment and Migration in the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall, through such bureau, establish and maintain free public employment offices in such form and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of §§ 551—563 of this title and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of said Act of Congress. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby authorized and directed to appoint, in accordance with standards promulgated by the United States Secretary of Labor for the establishment and maintenance of a merit system for the administrative personnel, a Director and sufficient personnel to carry out the purposes of §§ 551—563 of this title. The Director and all employees shall be appointed within the Competitive Service of the Commonwealth Government. The bureau shall be administered by the Director, who shall, for the salary he may receive, devote his full time to the duties of the office. The bureau is hereby designated and constituted the agency for Puerto Rico for the purpose of said Act of Congress, with full power and authority to cooperate with all authorities of the United States having powers or duties under said Act of Congress, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to Puerto Rico the benefits of such Act in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices.
History —Dec. 20, 1950, No. 12, p. 356, § 3.