On January 26, 2017, the Governor of Puerto Rico approved the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (“the Act”). The Act makes substantial changes to virtually all existing Puerto Rico employment laws, including those governing unjustified dismissal, wage-and-hour, vacation and sick leave, workers’ compensation, unemployment, lactation leave, employment discrimination and employee benefits. An in-depth analysis of the almost 80-page Act is beyond the scope of this article. The below provides a quick overview of the Act and highlights the noteworthy changes that will alter decades-old statutes. It remains to be seen how these changes will play out in their application and how they will be interpreted by the courts.