Retaliation prohibited

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.28-4., under Chapter 23-17.28 Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.28-4.

It is an unlawful employment practice for any person to bar or discharge from employment or otherwise discriminate against any employee or prospective employee because the employee or prospective employee has:

(1) Made any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified, or is about to testify, in any such proceeding; or

(2) In good faith reported an assault that occurred on the premises of a hospital.