Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

In the event that the bargaining agent and the state authorities are unable within thirty (30) days from and including the date of their first meeting to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to arbitration. The parties may agree in wr…

Within five (5) days from the expiration of the thirty-day (30) period referred to in § 28-9.7-7, unless the parties mutually agree to extend the time to select their arbitrator, the bargaining agent and the state authorities shall each select and name one arbitrator and shall im…

(a) The arbitration board shall, acting through its chair, call a hearing to be held within ten (10) days after the date of appointment of the chairperson, and shall, acting through its chairperson, give at least seven (7) days’ notice in writing to each of the other two (2) arbi…

(a) The public interest requires that persons engaged in all lawful types of employment be encouraged to serve as elected members of part-time elected bodies. To facilitate this encouragement, it is necessary wherever practical for employers of part-time elected officials to prov…

Every employer of a part-time elected official of an elected body shall be required to provide the employee with a flexible work schedule to accommodate the employee’s attendance at the sessions necessary for the part-time elected officials of elected bodies wherever practical wi…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any employer of a part-time elected official of an elected body to: (1) Fire or threaten to fire the employee based upon his or her activities or decisions as a part-time elected official of an elected body; (2) Attempt to influence the employee to in…

This chapter shall not apply to any city or town where the holding of public office would violate state or federal law or would violate the charter of the city or town.

Whenever used in this chapter: (1) “Employer” means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, receiver, or other like officer appointed by a court of this state, and any agent or officer of any of the previously mentioned classes, em…

(a) A tip is the sole property of the tipped employee. Any arrangement between the employer and the tipped employee whereby any part of the tip received becomes the property of the employer is prohibited. (b) The requirement that an employee must retain all tips does not preclude…

Service charges are part of the employer’s gross receipts. Sums distributed to employees from service charges cannot be counted as tips received, but may be used to satisfy the employer’s minimum wage and overtime requirements pursuant to the provisions of §§ 28-12-4.1 and 28-12-…

Where tips are charged on a credit card and the employer must pay the credit card company a percentage on each sale, the employer may deduct that percentage from the employee’s tips, provided that the employer notifies the employee of the deduction. This charge on the tip may not…

(a) There is established in the department of administration of the state of Rhode Island a special account to be known as the state employees’ compensation fund, an account within the general fund. The account, referred to as the “state employees’ compensation fund,” shall consi…

(a) In any appeal taken under chapters 29 — 38 of this title which involves the state employees’ compensation fund, the director shall be a necessary party. (b) In every case where payments are ordered made from the state employees’ compensation fund, the director shall receive a…

For the purposes of administering §§ 28-31-4 and 28-31.1-1(b), each state agency shall annually make payments to the state employees’ compensation fund as determined by the department of administration.

It is declared to be the public policy of this state to foster the employment of all individuals in the state including temporary employees working for any employment agency, placement service, training school or center, labor organization, or any other employee referring source …

When used in the chapter: (1) “Employment agency” includes any person undertaking with or without compensation to procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer, or place employees. (2) “Labor organization” includes any organization that exists for the purpose, in w…

(a) Before any temporary employee is given any new job assignment regardless if the assignment is with the same contracting company, employment agencies shall provide the temporary employee with a copy of a written notice that includes a job description with classification requir…

Upon determining that an employment agency has violated the provisions of § 28-6.10-3, the department of labor and training shall send a written notice of the violation to the employment agency containing a description of the fines prescribed in this section. Any employment agenc…

When used in the chapter: (1) Employee: For the purpose of this chapter, employee shall be defined as any person working either full or part time for, or obtaining employment pursuant to an agreement with, any temporary placement staffing agency. (2) Employer: For the purpose of …

Except as otherwise provided in § 28-6.11-3, no employer, as herein defined in § 28-6.11-1, or agent of a temporary placement staffing agency shall: (1) Require its employee to provide transportation to other employees as a condition of employment; (2) Charge an employee for tran…

(a) Any employer as defined in § 28-6.11-1 may purchase public transportation bus passes and deduct not more than fifty percent (50%) of the actual cost of the bus pass from an employee’s total daily wages; provided, however, that employee participation in an employer public tran…

Upon determining that a person or entity has violated this chapter, the director of the department of labor and training shall send a written notice of the violation along with a copy of this section. Upon a determination by the director that a subsequent violation of this chapte…

(a) No employer may cause an audio or video recording to be made of an employee in a restroom, locker room, or room designated by an employer for employees to change their clothes, unless authorized by court order. (b) No recording made in violation of this section may be used by…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Technician Protection Act.”

As used in this chapter: (1) “Responding to an emergency” means responding to, working at the scene of, or returning from a fire, rescue, emergency medical service call, hazardous materials incident, or a natural or man-made disaster, where the emergency occurs during a period ot…

(a) Upon prompt notice by an employee, no employer shall discharge or take any other disciplinary action against any employee by reason of failure of that employee to report for work at the commencement of regular working hours wherein the failure is due to responding to an emerg…

(a) The director of labor and training shall have the same powers and duties as set forth in chapter 12 and chapter 14 of this title to investigate, inspect, subpoena, and enforce through administrative hearings, complaints that allege that an employer has included on any applica…