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RI General Employment Laws

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Law

Number
Business Combination Act 
7-5.2
Confidentiality of Employer/Employee Assistance Plans 
28-6.8-1
Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act 
28-49
Discrimination 

28-6

Employer Requests for Tax and Income Information from Applicants Prohibited 
28-6.9

Employment of Women and Children 

xxxPublic Law update for 2006 606

28-3
Enforcement of Wage and Hour Laws
28-16
Fees for Employment Applications Prohibited
28-6.3
Genetic Testing as Condition of Employment 
28-6.7
Health Care Facilities Staffing
23-17.20
Holidays and Days of Special Observance 
25-1,2
Industrial Homework
     Includes licensing of Contract Shops
 28-18
Inspection of Personnel Files 
28-6.4
Lie Detector Tests as Condition of Employment
28-6.1
Employee Privacy Protection - Privacy in Spaces
28-6.12

Minimum Wages
includes minimum wage & exemptions, overtime and exemptions, minimum daily hours, employees receiving gratuities, records of employers, and wages for minors

xxxPublic Law update for 2006 005 and 006
28-12
Payment of Wages 
includes form of payment, establishment of regular paydays,
Statement of earnings, Frequency of payment, payroll deduction, vacation pay, payment of bonuses, filing of claims, wages held as a garnishee, employment records, setoff of moneys owed by employee to employer

28-14

Physical Examination as Condition of Employment 

28-6.2

RI Parental & Family Medical Leave Act 

xxxPublic Law to include domestic partner 189 and 316

28-48

 

Sunday Business (Retail) 

5-23

Temporary Employee Protection Act 

28-6.10

Employer Transportation Service Charge
28-6.11
Urine & Blood Tests as Condition of Employment 

28-6.5

Whistleblowers Act 

28-50

Work on Holidays and Sundays, inclusions & exceptions

 25-3

 

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Labor Standards Division
1511 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920
Phone (401) 462-8550, Fax (401) 462-8530
Sandra M. Powell, Director