Increase absenteeism of public employees

According to an official report, authorities in Puerto Rico detected that the percentage of public employees who have gone to work has fluctuated between 26.2% and 79.1% in 2019. According to experts, absenteeism impacts productivity metrics, work environment and employee commitment. The figures also indicate that, so far this year, it has not been possible to confirm the attendance of up to 24.5% of workers in public institutions. The country is going through a decade of economic depression, as it records an external debt of approximately 70,000 million dollars. In turn, the US Census Bureau He estimated that, between July 2017 and July 2018, about 130,000 inhabitants left Puerto Rico.