[Opinion] Comptroller's Office Brakes Privilege of Municipal Corporations and Bans Advance Payment of Medical Leaves to Officials

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A consultation of the Municipal Corporation of San Miguel was the origin of a new opinion by the Comptroller Dorothy Pérez. That corporation asked the Comptroller for a statement on the origin of the granting to its workers, subject to the Labour Code, the right to obtain full payment of their salaries during the period in which they make use of medical licenses. The first thing that explains the opinion is that this type of corporations, althou…