More than six months have gone by since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Puerto Rico and, even though the Legislature appointed former Deputy Justice Secretary Carlos Rivera Santiago as the new Labor and Human Resources (DTRH by its Spanish initials) secretary after former Secretary Briseida Torres resigned amid thousands of unemployed workers not receiving any financial aid, many citizens were still complaining Tuesday that they have not yet received any compensation from the agency.
Coran Li Morales, a former Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Employees Association worker, told the Star that she is still waiting for the agency to either confirm or reject her case. The 39-year-old said she received two phone calls in March from a DTRH official who told her that her case was being reconsidered even after she had resigned, and the agency was requesting documents that her employer already provided so as to remove points of controversy from her case and send her an eligibility letter.
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