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RI Gen L § 28-18-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-8 - Removal of material processed in unauthorized homework.

§ 28-18-8. Removal of material processed in unauthorized homework.The director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative may remove any material or article which is being processed in a home in violation of any provision of this chapter and may retain it until claimed by the employer. If the material or article is labeled as required by § 28-18-15, the director of labor and training shall by registered or certified mail give notice of the removal to the person whose name and address is affixed to the article as provided by § 28-18-15. Unless the article or material removed is claimed within thirty (30) days thereafter it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of; provided, that where the material or article is not so labeled the director may also destroy or otherwise dispose of the material or article after thirty (30) days if no claim is made for it within that period.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 3; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-8.
RI Gen L § 28-18-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-9 - Subpoena powers.

§ 28-18-9. Subpoena powers.In the administration of this chapter the director or his or her authorized representative shall have the power to administer oaths, take affidavits and the depositions of witnesses, and issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records, testimony, and other evidence of whatever description.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 3; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-9.
RI Gen L § 28-18-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-10 - Reports of homework done - Employee's certificate required.

§ 28-18-10. Reports of homework done — Employee's certificate required.No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered or received any articles for, or as a result of homework processing, unless he or she keeps in any form and forward to the director of labor and training at the intervals that the director may by regulation prescribe on any blanks that he or she may provide, a complete and accurate list of all:(1) persons engaged in industrial homework of materials furnished and distributed by that employer,(2) places where industrial homeworkers work,(3) materials furnished and distributed to industrial homeworkers,(4) goods which those industrial workers have processed, and(5) rates of wage paid to each of those industrial homeworkers.No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered, or received, any articles for or as the result of homework processing to any person who has not obtained a certificate from the director of labor and training permitting industrial homework to be done by him or her.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1945, ch. 1608, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-10.
RI Gen L § 28-18-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-11 - Child labor - Subcontracting - Time allowed for work.

§ 28-18-11. Child labor — Subcontracting — Time allowed for work.No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be gainfully employed or otherwise in industrial homework. No industrial homework shall be processed except by a person to whom a certificate has been issued, and no person shall redistribute homework on a subcontractual basis. The employer shall allow the industrial homeworker sufficient time to process the entire amount of homework distributed to him or her in order that the homework may be completed without assistance from other persons and in accordance with the laws of this state limiting the hours of work.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-11.
RI Gen L § 28-18-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-12 - Homeworker's certificate required.

§ 28-18-12. Homeworker's certificate required.No person shall do industrial homework unless his or her name is on a homeworker's certificate issued by the director of labor and training and permitting industrial homework to be done by him or her in the residence and at the address named in the certificate. The certificate shall be shown on demand of the director of labor and training or any of his or her duly authorized agents.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-12.
RI Gen L § 28-18-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-13 - Costs of delivery or return of work.

§ 28-18-13. Costs of delivery or return of work.Any cost of obtaining or returning material for industrial homework or the completed product shall be borne by the employer.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-13.
RI Gen L § 28-18-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-14 - Compliance with law - Employer's license - Contractors and distributors.

§ 28-18-14. Compliance with law — Employer's license — Contractors and distributors.No person shall carry on industrial homework except in accordance with this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of any other state law or regulation. Every person desiring to employ homeworkers in this state must procure from the director of labor and training an employer's license. The license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of § 28-18-3 upon application made on a form prescribed by the director of labor and training, and upon payment of the fee required by § 28-18-5. No employer shall give out any materials or articles for homework through any homework contractors or distributors except in the case of any charitable or community organizations that the director may approve.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-14.
RI Gen L § 28-18-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-15 - Labeling of homework articles.

§ 28-18-15. Labeling of homework articles.No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered any materials or articles to be manufactured by any homeworker unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article or its container a label or other mark of identification bearing the employer's name and address, printed or written legibly in English; provided, that if the goods are of a nature that they cannot be individually labeled or identified, then the employer shall conspicuously label the goods or their container in any manner that the director of labor and training may prescribe by rule or regulations.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-15.
RI Gen L § 28-18-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-16 - Penalty for violations.

§ 28-18-16. Penalty for violations.Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense. Each day any violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any corporation organized for a purpose authorized by § 7-6-4 or to any individual or organization engaged in providing work of a philanthropic, educational, or therapeutic nature.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 5; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-16.
RI Gen L § 28-18-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-17 - Nonprofit and charitable organizations exempt.

§ 28-18-17. Nonprofit and charitable organizations exempt.This chapter does not apply to any corporation organized for a purpose authorized by § 7-6-4 or to any individual or organization engaged in providing work of a philanthropic, educational, or therapeutic nature.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-17; P.L. 1984, ch. 380, § 5; P.L. 1984, ch. 444, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-18-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-18 - Industrial Homework|Section 28-18-18 - Severability.

§ 28-18-18. Severability.If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected by the invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-18.
RI Gen L § 28-19-1 - 28-19-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-19 - Industrial Registration|Section 28-19-1 - 28-19-14 - Repealed.

§ 28-19-1 — 28-19-14. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-1 - Definitions.

§ 28-20-1. Definitions.When used in this chapter:(1) "Amendment" means any modification or change in a code intended to be of universal or general application;(2) "Code" means a standard body of rules for safety and health formulated, adopted, and issued by the commission under the provisions of this chapter;(3) "Commission" means the code commission for occupational safety and health created by this chapter;(4) "Director" means the director of labor and training or his or her duly authorized representative;(5) "Employ" means the use of any services of an employee for compensation and includes to suffer or permit to work;(6) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an employer;(7) "Employer" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy having one or more persons in his, her or its employ, a state agency, or an agency of a political subdivision of the state, or any person acting, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer;(8) "Review board" means the occupational safety and health review board created by this chapter;(9) "Standard" means a federal standard adopted by the U.S. secretary of labor for the federal occupational safety and health administration;(10) "Variance" means a limited modification or change in a code which is applicable only to the particular place of employment of the employer or person petitioning for the modification or change.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-2 - Division of occupational safety.

§ 28-20-2. Division of occupational safety.(a) The department of labor and training shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of all laws, codes, rules, and regulations pertaining to occupational safety and health as applied to every employer operating in this state, provided that inspection of health hazards shall be made pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1.1 of title 23.(b) There shall be a division of occupational safety within the department of labor and training which shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by the provisions of this chapter and chapter 19 of this title and any other duties that may be conferred by law upon the division.(c) Any reference to the division of industrial inspection in existing laws is amended to mean the division of occupational safety.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 338, §§ 2, 3.
RI Gen L § 28-20-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-2.1 - Video display terminals - Informational brochure - Training programs.

§ 28-20-2.1. Video display terminals — Informational brochure — Training programs.The department of labor and training is directed to develop an informational brochure relating to the use of video display terminals in the work place. In addition to the brochure, the department shall develop a plan, in cooperation with business, industry and labor, for the dissemination of the brochure to all concerned parties. The department shall also prepare a plan for a series of training programs and seminars directly relating to the information contained in the brochure.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 51, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-3 - Annual report.

§ 28-20-3. Annual report.The director shall issue an annual report to the governor and to the general assembly no later than January 10 in each year. He or she shall also submit reports to the United States secretary of labor in any form and from time to time that the secretary may require.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-4.1 - Adoption of regulations pertaining to HIV and hepatitis.

§ 28-20-4.1. Adoption of regulations pertaining to HIV and hepatitis.The division of occupational safety of the department of labor and training shall adopt the latest regulations of the federal occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) as they pertain to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis and shall, in consultation with the department of health, provide for the enforcement of the regulations for appropriate public sector employees.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 405, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-20-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-5 - Devotion to duties - Assignment of compliance inspectors - Other employment.

§ 28-20-5. Devotion to duties — Assignment of compliance inspectors — Other employment.Compliance inspectors shall devote their entire scheduled work time and attention to the duties of their respective offices. The chief of the division of occupational safety shall assign compliance inspectors to the duties to be performed. No employee of the division of occupational safety shall accept other employment that is in conflict with his or her official duties.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-6 - Appropriations.

§ 28-20-6. Appropriations.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer for the payment of the sums so appropriated or so much of it that may be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the chief of the division of occupational safety and by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 55, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-20-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-7 - Applicability and reports of places of business.

§ 28-20-7. Applicability and reports of places of business.This chapter shall apply to every employer now or subsequently doing business in this state and all applicants for industrial registration as provided in chapter 19 of this title. Each employer or applicant shall furnish the director his, her or its name, the character of his, her or its business, the number of employees, the nature of the business and the address at which it is conducted, and shall report any changes to the director.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 338, §§ 2, 3.
RI Gen L § 28-20-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-8 - Employer's duties.

§ 28-20-8. Employer's duties.(a) Each employer shall furnish to each of his or her employees a place of employment which is free from recognized safety and health hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to the employees.(b) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health codes promulgated under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 55, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-20-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-9 - Employee's duties.

§ 28-20-9. Employee's duties.Every employee shall comply with occupational safety and health codes, rules, regulations, and orders issued under the provisions of this chapter that are applicable to his or her actions and conduct.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-10 - Applicability to state and municipal employees.

§ 28-20-10. Applicability to state and municipal employees.It shall be the responsibility of the head of each state agency and of each agency in the political subdivisions of the state to establish and maintain an effective and comprehensive occupational safety and health program which is consistent with this chapter and with the codes, rules, and regulations promulgated pursuant to it. The head of each agency shall, after consultation with representatives of its employees:(1) Provide safe and healthful places and conditions of employment consistent with the requirements of this chapter;(2) Acquire, maintain, and require use of safety equipment, personal protective equipment, and devices necessary to protect employees;(3) Keep adequate records of all occupational injuries and illnesses for proper evaluation and necessary action in accordance with the advice of the director of labor and training and the director of health and to submit an annual report to the director of labor and training with respect to those occupational accidents and illnesses.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-11 - Record keeping requirements.

§ 28-20-11. Record keeping requirements.(a) Each employer shall make, keep, preserve, and furnish to the director any records regarding his or her activities relating to this chapter that the director, in cooperation with the United States secretary of labor and the United States secretary of health, education and welfare, or their successors, may prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this chapter or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational accidents and illnesses. In order to carry out the provisions of this subsection, the regulations may include provisions requiring employers to conduct periodic inspections. The director shall also issue regulations requiring that employers, through posting of notices or other appropriate means, keep their employees informed of their protections and obligations under this chapter, including the provisions of applicable codes.(b) The director of labor and training, in cooperation with the director of health, shall prescribe regulations requiring employers to maintain accurate records of, and to make periodic reports on, work related deaths, injuries, and illnesses other than minor injuries requiring only first aid treatment and which do not involve medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job.(c) The director of labor and training, in cooperation with the director of health, shall issue regulations requiring employers to maintain accurate records of employee exposures to potentially toxic materials or harmful physical agents which are required to be monitored or measured under the provisions of this chapter and of § 23-1.1-7. Those regulations shall provide employees or their representatives with an opportunity to observe the monitoring or measuring, and to have access to the records of the monitoring or measuring. Those regulations shall also make appropriate provision for each employee or former employee to have access to any records that will indicate his or her own exposure to toxic materials or harmful physical agents. Each employer shall promptly notify any employee who has been or is being exposed to toxic materials or harmful physical agents in concentrations or at levels which exceed those prescribed by an applicable safety or health code promulgated under this chapter, and shall inform any employee who is being exposed of the corrective action being taken.(d) Any information obtained by the director or any other state agency under this chapter shall be obtained with a minimum burden upon employers, especially those operating small businesses. Unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining information shall be reduced to the maximum extent feasible.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-20-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety|Section 28-20-12 - Inspection powers.

§ 28-20-12. Inspection powers.(a) The director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, representative, or agent in charge, is authorized:(1) To enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other area, workplace, or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; and(2) To inspect and investigate during regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, any place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials in the place of employment, and to privately question any employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee.(b) If the director is denied entry to any place which he or she has reason to believe has been, is being, or is about to be used as a place of employment, he or she shall make application under oath setting forth the reasons for his or her belief that the place has been, is being, or is about to be used as a place of employment, and the facts concerning his or her denial, to any justice of the superior court. That court shall issue an order ex parte, if it finds that the belief is reasonable, allowing the director to make any entry that is reasonably necessary to conduct the inspection.(c) In making inspections and investigations under this chapter, the director may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence under oath. Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid to witnesses in the courts of the state. In case of contumacy, failure, or refusal of any person to obey an order, the superior court shall have the jurisdiction to issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear to produce evidence if, as, and when so ordered, and to give testimony relating to the matter under investigation or in question, and any failure to obey that order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.