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RI Gen L § 28-12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-8 - Judicial review of regulations.

§ 28-12-8. Judicial review of regulations.(a) Any interested person in any occupation for which any wage order or any administrative regulation has been issued under the provisions of this chapter who may be aggrieved by any order or regulation may obtain the review of the order or regulation in the superior court for Providence and Bristol counties by filing in the court within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the order or regulation a written petition praying that the order or regulation be modified or set aside. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the director of labor and training. The findings of facts shall be conclusive upon the court. The court shall determine whether the order or regulation is in accordance with law.(b) Hearings in the superior court on all appeals taken under the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all matters, except matters of the same character. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final except that the judgment and decree shall be subject to review by the supreme court.(c) The commencement of proceedings under subsection (a) of this section shall not operate as a stay of a wage order or of an administrative regulation issued under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-8.
RI Gen L § 28-12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-9 - Workers with disabilities.

§ 28-12-9. Workers with disabilities.The director of labor and training may provide by regulation, after a public hearing at which any person may be heard, for the employment in any occupation at wages lower than the wage rates applicable under this chapter of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by physical or mental disability as he or she may find appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, to avoid undue hardship, and to safeguard the applicable wage rates under this chapter. No employee shall be employed at wages fixed pursuant to this section except under a special license issued under applicable regulations of the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-9; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 62; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 62.
RI Gen L § 28-12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-10 - Learners and apprentices.

§ 28-12-10. Learners and apprentices.Notwithstanding any order or regulation previously issued under chapter 289 of the general laws of 1938, as amended, the director of labor and training may provide by regulation, after a public hearing at which any person may be heard, for the employment in the occupation at the wages lower than the wage rates applicable under this chapter for learners and apprentices as the director of labor and training finds appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, and to safeguard the wage rates applicable under this chapter. No employee shall be employed at wages fixed pursuant to this section except under special license issued under applicable regulation of the director of labor and training. After a learner or apprentice has been employed for ninety (90) days, he or she shall be paid the rate provided in § 28-12-3, notwithstanding any order or administrative regulation previously issued under chapter 289 of the general laws of 1938.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-10; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 104, § 3; P.L. 1962, ch. 105, § 5; P.L. 1967, ch. 220, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 7.
RI Gen L § 28-12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-11 - Posting of law and orders.

§ 28-12-11. Posting of law and orders.Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any regulations or orders issued under this chapter shall keep a summary of this chapter, approved by the director of labor and training, and copies of any applicable wage orders and regulations issued under this chapter, posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises where any person subject to them is employed. Employers shall be furnished copies of summaries, orders, and regulations by the state on request without charge.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-11.
RI Gen L § 28-12-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-12 - Records of employers.

§ 28-12-12. Records of employers.Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation or order issued under this chapter, shall make and keep for a period of not less than three (3) years in or about the premises where any employee is employed a record of the name, address, and occupation of each of his or her employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each work week by the employee, and any other information that the director of labor and training shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations or orders issued under this chapter. The records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every employer shall furnish to the director of labor and training or to his or her authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of the records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-12; P.L. 1992, ch. 44, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-13 - Responsibility for enforcement.

§ 28-12-13. Responsibility for enforcement.The provisions of this chapter shall be carried out by the division of labor standards and it shall be the duty of the division of labor standards to administer the provisions of this chapter, to administer the labor laws of this state concerning women and children, and in general to be responsible for the welfare of women and children employed in industry in this state. Subject to the rules of civil service, the director of labor and training shall appoint a qualified person to act as chief of the division of labor standards.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-13; P.L. 1973, ch. 250, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 17.
RI Gen L § 28-12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-14 - Enforcement powers.

§ 28-12-14. Enforcement powers.The director or the commissioner or any authorized representative of either shall have the authority to:(1) Investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation in this state.(2) Enter and inspect the places of business or employment of any employer of employees in any occupation in the state for the purpose of examining and inspecting any or all books, registers, payrolls, and other records of any employer that in any way relate to or have a bearing on the question of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment of any employees, and may question employees for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this chapter and the orders and regulations issued under this chapter have been and are being complied with.(3) Require from any employer of employees in any occupation in this state full and correct statements, in writing, including sworn statements with respect to wages, hours, names, addresses, and any other information pertaining to his or her employees and their employment that the director or the commissioner or their authorized representative deems necessary or appropriate.(4) Administer rules and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, records, and other evidence relative to any matter under investigation. The subpoena shall be signed and issued by the director or the commissioner and shall be served and have the same effect as if issued out of the superior court.(5) Cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or outside of the state to be taken in the manner prescribed for like depositions in civil actions in the superior court.(6) Carry out the provisions of this chapter.(7) Bring all actions, suits, complaints, and prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Complaints shall be signed and issued by the director or the commissioner or any authorized representative of either.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-14; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 17.
RI Gen L § 28-12-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-15 - Hindering enforcement - Failure to carry out administrative requirements.

§ 28-12-15. Hindering enforcement — Failure to carry out administrative requirements.Any employer who: (1) hinders or delays the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this chapter, (2) refuses to admit the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative to any place of employment, (3) fails to make, keep, and preserve any records as required under the provisions of this chapter, (4) falsifies any record, (5) refuses to make any record accessible to the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative upon demand, (6) refuses to furnish a sworn statement of the record or any other information required for the proper enforcement of this chapter to the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative upon demand, or (7) fails to post a summary of this chapter or a copy of any applicable regulation or order as required by § 28-12-11, shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-15; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 54.
RI Gen L § 28-12-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-16 - Discrimination against employees invoking provisions.

§ 28-12-16. Discrimination against employees invoking provisions.Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, to the director of labor and training, or to his or her authorized representative because:(1) he or she has not been paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, (2) the employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, (3) the employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding, or (4) the employee has served or is about to serve on a wage board, shall be deemed in violation of this chapter, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-16.
RI Gen L § 28-12-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-17 - Payment of substandard wages.

§ 28-12-17. Payment of substandard wages.Any employer who pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate less than the rate applicable under this chapter shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both, and each week for any portion of which the employer failed to pay any employee less than the rate applicable under this chapter shall constitute a separate offense as to each employee.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-17.
RI Gen L § 28-12-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-18 - Penalty for other violations.

§ 28-12-18. Penalty for other violations.Any employer who otherwise violates any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order issued under this chapter shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall upon conviction be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-18.
RI Gen L § 28-12-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-19 - Actions for relief.

§ 28-12-19. Actions for relief.Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter shall be entitled to relief as provided in chapter 14 of this title ("Payment of Wages").History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-19; P.L. 2012, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 344, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-12-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-20 - Assignment of wage claim and action by department.

§ 28-12-20. Assignment of wage claim and action by department.At the written request of an employee paid less than the wage to which he or she is entitled under or by virtue of this chapter, the director of labor and training or the commissioner of minimum wage may take an assignment of the employee's wage claim in trust for the assigning employee and may bring any legal action necessary to collect the claim, and the employer shall be required to pay the costs and any reasonable attorney's fees that may be allowed by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-20.
RI Gen L § 28-12-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-21 - More favorable laws preserved.

§ 28-12-21. More favorable laws preserved.Any standards relating to minimum wages, maximum hours, overtime compensation, or other working conditions in effect under any other law of this state which are more favorable to employees than those applicable to those employees under this chapter or the regulations and orders issued under this chapter, shall not be deemed to be amended, rescinded, or otherwise affected by this chapter but shall continue in full force and effect and may be enforced as provided by law unless and until they are specifically superseded by standards more favorable to those employees by operation or in accordance with regulations or orders issued under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-21; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 31.
RI Gen L § 28-12-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-22 - Collective bargaining rights preserved.

§ 28-12-22. Collective bargaining rights preserved.Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-22.
RI Gen L § 28-12-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-23 - Annual appropriation.

§ 28-12-23. Annual appropriation.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary to provide for an appropriate staff for office and other necessary expenses for the administration and enforcement of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much of it as may from time to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers, approved by the chief of the division of labor standards and the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-23.
RI Gen L § 28-12-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-24 - Severability.

§ 28-12-24. Severability.If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and its application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by the invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-24.
RI Gen L § 28-12-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages|Section 28-12-25 - Uniformity.

§ 28-12-25. Uniformity.No municipality shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to pay a minimum wage to its employees, other than the state or federal mandated minimum wage, or to apply a state or federal minimum wage law to wages statutorily exempt from a state or federal minimum wage requirement.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 11, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-13-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-13 - Measurement of Work in Textile Factories|Section 28-13-1 - Posting of job rates - Pick clocks.

§ 28-13-1. Posting of job rates — Pick clocks.(a) The occupier or manager of every textile factory shall post in every room where any employees work by the job, in legible writing or printing, and in sufficient numbers to be easily accessible to those employees, specifications of the character of each kind of work to be done by them and the rate of compensation.(b) (1) The specifications in the case of weaving rooms shall state the intended and maximum length of a cut or piece, the count per inch of thread, and the number of picks per inch, width of loom, width of cloth woven in the loom, and the price per cut or piece, or per pound; or, if payment is made per pick or per yard, the price per pick or per yard.(2) Each warp shall bear a designating ticket or mark of identification. In mills operating looms on a piece rate basis, pick clocks shall be placed on each loom in operation, and each weaver shall be paid according to the number of picks registered on the clock.(c) This chapter shall not apply to so called gang looms or to the weaving of carpets or elastic webbing.(d) Violation of any provision of this chapter shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), for the second offense by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2291, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 295, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-13-1.
RI Gen L § 28-14-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-14 - Payment of Wages|Section 28-14-1 - Definitions.

§ 28-14-1. Definitions.Whenever used in this chapter:(1) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and training or his or her duly authorized representative.(2) "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, except that independent contractors or subcontractors shall not be considered employees.(3) "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, employing any person in this state.(4) "Wages" means all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculating the amount.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-14-1; P.L. 1986, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-14-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-14 - Payment of Wages|Section 28-14-2 - Payment of wages - Form of payment - Establishment of regular paydays.

§ 28-14-2. Payment of wages — Form of payment — Establishment of regular paydays.Every employer shall establish a regular payday on which wages shall be paid in full in lawful money of the United States, or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value. Each employee must be notified in writing, or by posted notice that may readily be seen by all employees, of a change in the scheduled payday at least three (3) paydays in advance of a scheduled change. Each scheduled payday shall fall within nine (9) days of the end of the payroll period for which wages are computed unless prevented by inevitable casualty; provided, that if the ninth (9th) day is a holiday, payment upon the next business day shall be deemed a compliance with the terms of this section; and provided, further, that if at any time of payment any employee is absent from his or her place of labor, he or she shall be entitled to payment on demand at any time thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 223, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-14-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-14 - Payment of Wages|Section 28-14-2.1 - Statement of earnings.

§ 28-14-2.1. Statement of earnings.(a) On every regular payday, every employer shall furnish to any employee the following:(1) A statement of the hours worked by that employee during the applicable pay period; provided, that the statement need not be furnished to an employee described in § 28-12-4.3;(2) A record of all deductions made from that employee's gross earnings during the pay period together with an explanation of the basis or reason for the deductions; and(3) For employers engaged only in the commercial construction industry, a record of the employee's hourly regular rate of pay. As used in this subsection, "commercial construction industry" includes a business that engages in the doing of work or the furnishing of materials, or both, in the building, erection, alteration, or preparation of an improvement on commercial real property.(b) All statements and records required to be furnished to an employee by this section may be furnished as an electronic record. The employer shall furnish to an employee a printed or handwritten record, in lieu of an electronic record, at no cost to the employee, when a written authorization from such employee is provided to the employer.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 223, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 18; P.L. 1993, ch. 376, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 96, § 1.