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RI Gen L § 28-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-2 - Production of certificate of age on demand by compliance inspector.

§ 28-3-2. Production of certificate of age on demand by compliance inspector.Whenever any truant officer or compliance inspector has reason to doubt that any child employed in any factory, mechanical, manufacturing, or business establishment has reached the age of sixteen (16) years, the compliance inspector shall demand of the child's employer that the employer shall furnish him or her within ten (10) days a certificate of age issued by the department of elementary and secondary education. If the employer refuses or fails to produce the certificate within ten (10) days, or in case the certificate does not show that the child has completed sixteen (16) years of life, the employer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be subject to a fine of twenty dollars ($20.00). For the purpose of this chapter, the department of elementary and secondary education shall determine the age of the child on the presentation of a birth certificate, baptismal certificate, passport, or other evidence satisfactory to it.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-2.
RI Gen L § 28-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-3 - Issuance of limited permits for work by children.

§ 28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children.The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may designate, may issue for any child who has completed fourteen (14) years of age a special limited permit to work, permitting the employment of the child on days on which schools are not in session, and on school days at hours in which schools are not in session, at any legal employment and subject to the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but not for employment in factories or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. The permits to work shall be uniform throughout the state, and the permit to work form shall be prescribed and provided by the department of labor and training. The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may designate to issue the permits to work provided for in this section, shall keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, together with the evidence on which the permit to work was granted.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-3; P.L. 1974, ch. 205, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-3-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-3.1 - Work experience program.

§ 28-3-3.1. Work experience program.The school committee of each city and town is authorized to adopt and implement a school supervised and school administered work experience and career exploration program (WECEP), under which students who have completed fourteen (14) years of age may be enrolled, notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, in a work experience career exploration program (WECEP) as approved by the wage/hour administrator of the United States department of labor in accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and 29 C.F.R. 570.1 et seq. (child labor regulations).History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-3.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-3.2 - Revocation or suspension of permit.

§ 28-3-3.2. Revocation or suspension of permit.The permit of any child issued pursuant to § 28-3-3 may be revoked or suspended by the school committee which issued the permit if upon the recommendation of the principal of the school which the child attends, to the school committee, that the issuance of the permit appears detrimental to the well-being of the student, detrimental to the academic success of the student or the student has failed to comply with all of the legal requirements concerning school attendance. The child shall be afforded written notice and a hearing before the school committee before any revocation or suspension takes effect. All hearings pursuant to this chapter shall be closed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 42-46-4 and 42-46-5(a)(1). The refusal of any child to surrender his or her permit after it has been revoked shall be a violation of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 308, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-3.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-3.3 - Manufacturing and industrial pre-apprenticeship and internships.

§ 28-3-3.3. Manufacturing and industrial pre-apprenticeship and internships.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude any manufacturing or industrial pre-apprenticeship or internship program, provided that the child is sixteen (16) years of age or older and that said pre-apprenticeship or internship program complies with the career and technical education regulations promulgated by the board of education pursuant to § 16-45-1 et al.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 128, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-4 - Return of permit on termination of employment.

§ 28-3-4. Return of permit on termination of employment.The permit shall, within five (5) days after termination of the employment of the child, be returned by the employer to the school committee which issued it, or to any person that the committee shall designate, and shall be kept on file until the official authorized to issue the certificate has received a written statement that the child will be employed in accordance with the provisions of law and that upon the termination of that employment, that permit will be disposed of.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-4.
RI Gen L § 28-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-5 - Proof of age for employment certificate.

§ 28-3-5. Proof of age for employment certificate.If it appears to the satisfaction of the school committee, or person authorized to give the certificate, that neither the birth certificate, baptismal certificate, nor passport of the child can be produced, the age and employment certificate may be granted on other evidence satisfactory to the department of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-5.
RI Gen L § 28-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-6 - Certificates and permits kept by employer.

§ 28-3-6. Certificates and permits kept by employer.All certificates of age and permits required by this chapter relating to the qualification of children employed in any factory, or manufacturing, or business establishment coming under the provisions of this chapter, shall be kept by the employer at the place where the child is employed, and shall be shown to the compliance inspectors provided for by chapter 20 of this title, or either or any of them, on demand by the inspector or inspectors, and the proprietor or manager of any factory or manufacturing or business establishment who shall fail to produce or shall refuse to show to any compliance inspector any certificate or permit when demand is made therefore, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-6; P.L. 2005, ch. 391, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-7 - Cancellation of erroneously issued certificates.

§ 28-3-7. Cancellation of erroneously issued certificates.If, after investigation, the inspector finds that the certificate or permit should not have been issued to the child under the provisions of this chapter, then he or she shall: (1) deliver the certificate or permit to the person who issued it, (2) order it to be cancelled, and (3) notify the employer that the child must no longer be employed. Every employer or proprietor or manager of any factory or manufacturing or business establishment who continues to employ the child after receiving the notice from any compliance inspector shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalty imposed by § 28-3-20.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-7.
RI Gen L § 28-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-8 - Employment subject to provisions.

§ 28-3-8. Employment subject to provisions.Every person, firm or corporation doing business within this state employing five (5) or more persons, or employing any child under sixteen (16) years of age, shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 whatever the business conducted by the person, firm or corporation; provided, that the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 do not apply to children employed in household service or in agricultural pursuits; and provided, further, that the provisions do not apply to the employment of children in the vocation, occupation, or service of rope or wire walking, or as gymnasts, wrestlers, contortionists, equestrian performers, or acrobats, riders upon bicycles, or mechanical contrivances, or in any dancing, theatrical, or musical exhibition, but the employment of children in any vocation, occupation, or service enumerated in this proviso shall continue to be governed by the provisions of §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-8.
RI Gen L § 28-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-9 - Employment of minors in hazardous places or occupations.

§ 28-3-9. Employment of minors in hazardous places or occupations.No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in operations or operating or assisting in operating any of the following machines: circular or bandsaws, wood shapers, wood jointers, planers, sand paper or wood polishing machinery; picker machines or machines used in picking wool, cotton, fur, hair, or any upholstering material; paper lace machines; burnishing machines in any tannery or leather manufactory; job or cylinder printing presses, having motive power other than foot; wood turning or boring machinery; stamping machines used in sheet metal or tinware manufacturing or in washer and nut factories; machines used in making corrugated rolls; steam boilers, dough brakes, or cracker machinery of any description; wire or iron straightening machinery; rolling mill machinery, power punches, shears, or rolls in rubber manufacturing drop presses; washing, grinding, or mixing machinery; calender rolls in rubber manufacturing; laundering or dry cleaning machinery; or in any capacity in adjusting or assisting in adjusting any belt to any machinery or in oiling or cleaning machinery in motion; or in any capacity in preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used; or in the manufacture or packing of paints, dry colors, or red or white lead; or in dipping, dyeing, or packing matches; or in the manufacture, packing, or storing of powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine compounds, fuses, or other explosives; or in stripping, assorting, manufacturing or packing tobacco; or in a tunnel; or in a pool or billiard room; or upon any railroad, whether steam or electric; or in any foundry; or in any place where dangerous belting or gearing is not provided with proper safeguards; or in any work, occupation, place, or process declared by the department of labor and training to be injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for minors under sixteen (16) years of age; or on any docks, private or public, warehouses and storage rooms; dispensing gasoline or other types of fuel, checking or changing of oil or other fluids, parking lot attendants; car washes either by hand or machine (includes drying vehicles by hand.)History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-9; P.L. 1988, ch. 517, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 391, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-9.1 - Employment of minors as adult entertainment performers prohibited.

§ 28-3-9.1. Employment of minors as adult entertainment performers prohibited.No person under the age of eighteen (18) may work in a commercial adult entertainment establishment.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 220, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-10 - Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors.

§ 28-3-10. Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors.The department of labor and training is empowered and is authorized, under any rules that it may determine, to declare any particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for minors under sixteen (16) years of age. The department of labor and training is also empowered and authorized, under any rules that it may determine, to declare any particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for any particular minor under sixteen (16) years of age, although the work, occupation, trade, place, or process may not have been declared injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for all minors under sixteen (16) years of age. When the rules are determined, it shall be unlawful for the particular minor to be employed or permitted to work in the particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process declared by the department of labor and training to be injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-10; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 13; P.L. 1988, ch. 517, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-11 - Hours of work for children.

§ 28-3-11. Hours of work for children.(a) No children under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work more than forty (40) hours in any one week in any business or mercantile establishment within this state, and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed eight (8) hours in any one day. No child under eighteen (18) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any factory, manufacturing, mechanical, business, or mercantile establishment within this state more than forty-eight (48) hours in any one workweek. In no case shall the hours of labor exceed nine (9) hours in any calendar day, except when forty-eight (48) hours are worked in five (5) days, in which case the hours of labor shall not exceed nine and three-fifths (9⅗) hours in any calendar day. There shall be an interval (or period of cessation from work) of not less than eight (8) hours between the ending of the period of work on one calendar day and the beginning of a period of work on the subsequent consecutive calendar day.(b) No minor between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years of age regularly attending a public or approved private day school or institution of higher learning shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any factory, manufacturing, mechanical, business, or mercantile establishment within this state before 6:00 A.M. or after 11:30 P.M. of any one day preceding a regularly scheduled school day, except that the minor may be employed or permitted or suffered to work until 1:30 A.M. of any nonregularly scheduled school day.(c) Any minor between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) may be employed during school vacations without limitation as to the total hours to be worked in a given week or calendar day provided the provisions of all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations are complied with. This provision applies as long as it continues to be permitted by federal law and/or regulation.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 4; P.L. 1945, ch. 1625, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2623, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-11; P.L. 1962, ch. 194, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 205, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 34, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-11.1 - Repealed.

§ 28-3-11.1. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-12 - Posting of hours and wage rates.

§ 28-3-12. Posting of hours and wage rates.Every employer shall post, in one or more places in his or her establishment where it may be easily seen and read by all employees employed by him or her, a printed or typewritten notice stating the minimum rates of pay, including hourly rates, or piece rate or both, as the case may be, which the employees are receiving for the various types of work performed in the establishment, and the number of hours' work required of the person on each day of the week, and the hours of commencing and stopping work. The employment of any minor for a longer time in a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours than so stated shall be deemed a violation of § 28-3-11. The provisions of §§ 28-3-11 — 28-3-12 shall not be construed to impair any restriction placed upon the employment of any child by the provisions of chapter 19 of title 16.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 4; P.L. 1945, ch. 1625, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2623, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-12; P.L. 1975, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-13 - Repealed.

§ 28-3-13. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-14 - Maximum continuous employment without mealtime.

§ 28-3-14. Maximum continuous employment without mealtime.All employees are entitled to a twenty (20) minute mealtime within a six (6) hour work shift, and a thirty (30) minute mealtime with an eight (8) hour work shift. An employer shall not be required to compensate an employee for this mealtime. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (a) an employer of a healthcare facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of title 23; or (b) an employer who employs less than three (3) people on any shift at the worksite.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 606, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-15 - Penalty for violation of provisions of this chapter.

§ 28-3-15. Penalty for violation of provisions of this chapter.Every person who willfully employs or has in his employ or under his charge any person in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and every parent or guardian who permits any child to be so employed, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. The certificates of age and the permits to work required by §§ 28-3-2 and 28-3-3 shall be prima facie evidence of the age of a child upon trial of any person other than the parent or guardian for the violation of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 5; P.L. 1945, ch. 1659, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-15; P.L. 2005, ch. 391, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-3-16, 28-3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-16, 28-3-17 - Repealed.

§ 28-3-16, 28-3-17. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-3-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-18 - Enforcement of provisions - Prosecution of violations.

§ 28-3-18. Enforcement of provisions — Prosecution of violations.The division of labor standards has full power to enforce §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20, and has all the powers of the division of compliance inspection insofar as those powers relate to and affect women and children. All actions, suits, complaints, and prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of these sections shall be brought by and in the name of the director of labor and training or the chief of the division of labor standards in the department of labor and training; or by and in the name of any duly authorized representative of the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 9; P.L. 1950, ch. 2622, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-18; P.L. 1973, ch. 250, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-3-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-19 - Posting of copies of law.

§ 28-3-19. Posting of copies of law.A printed copy of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 shall be posted by the inspectors in each workroom of every factory, manufacturing, or mercantile establishment where persons are employed who are affected by the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-19.
RI Gen L § 28-3-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-20 - Penalty for violations generally.

§ 28-3-20. Penalty for violations generally.Except as otherwise specifically provided, any person or corporation who: (1) employs a child under sixteen (16) years of age without the permit required by § 28-3-3, (2) makes a false statement in regard to any part required by the certificate, (3) violates any of the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20, or suffers or permits any child to be employed in violation of their provisions, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense provided, however, that if a child employed in violation of the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 is injured or killed in the course of the employment, then the above fine may be increased to five thousand dollars ($5,000); and, provided further, however that this section does not apply to that portion of § 28-3-6 which fixes the penalty for the refusal to show to the inspector any certificate provided for in that section.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-20; P.L. 1989, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-3-21 - 28-3-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-21 - 28-3-31 - Repealed.

§ 28-3-21 — 28-3-31. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-3-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 28-3-32 - Immunity from liability for costs.

§ 28-3-32. Immunity from liability for costs.No police officer, probation officer, truant officer, or principal of a school complaining under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be required to give surety for costs; and no such person shall in any way be liable for any costs that may accrue on the complaint.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1264, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 143, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 378, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-32.