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Janine Guzmán

Partner · DLA Piper Puerto Rico

Puerto RicoEmployment, LaborEnglish, Spanish

About

Janine Guzmán is a Partner at DLA Piper Puerto Rico with over 35 years of experience representing corporate clients in complex labor and employment matters. She advises on hiring, wage and hour, statutory licenses, employee benefits, performance, discipline, termination, business restructurings, reductions in force, relocations, drug testing, discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace harassment, affirmative action, domestic violence, employee privacy, confidentiality, restrictive covenants, defamation, workplace safety, and immigration. Her practice covers federal and local labor issues across sectors including retail, wholesale, services, educational institutions, hospitality, leisure, communications, and manufacturing. She also handles wrongful discharges, employment discrimination proceedings, FLSA and Puerto Rico wage-and-hour claims, and appears before agencies such as the EEOC, OSHA, and the National Labor Relations Board. She works on due diligence and employee disclosures in mergers and acquisitions.

Practice areas

EmploymentLaborWage and Hour

Office

Expertise

wrongful dischargeemployment discriminationFair Labor Standards ActPuerto Rico wage-and-hour lawsdue diligencemergers and acquisitions

Education

  • J.D., Inter American University of Puerto Rico

Languages

EnglishSpanish