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RI Gen L § 28-7-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-35 - Judicial enforcement of subpoena.

§ 28-7-35. Judicial enforcement of subpoena.In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the superior court of any county within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the board, shall have jurisdiction to issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before the board, its member, agent, or agency, to produce evidence if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey an order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-35.
RI Gen L § 28-7-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-36 - Privilege against self-incrimination.

§ 28-7-36. Privilege against self-incrimination.No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the board on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture under the laws of the state. No individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she is, after having claimed his or her privilege against self-incrimination, compelled to testify or produce evidence, except that the individual testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in testifying.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-36.
RI Gen L § 28-7-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-37 - Service of process of board - Witness fees.

§ 28-7-37. Service of process of board — Witness fees.Complaints, orders, and other process and papers of the board, its member, agent, or agency, may be served either personally or by registered or certified mail or by telegraph or by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place of business of the person required to be served. The verified return by the individual serving the process setting forth the manner of the service shall be proof of the service, and the return post office receipt or telegraph receipt when registered or certified and mailed or telegraphed shall be proof of service of the process. Witnesses summoned before the board, its member, agent, or agency shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of this state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the person taking the depositions shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-37.
RI Gen L § 28-7-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-38 - Service of judicial process.

§ 28-7-38. Service of judicial process.All process of any court to which application may be made under this chapter may be served in the county where the person or persons required to be served reside or may be found.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-38.
RI Gen L § 28-7-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-39 - Furnishing of public records.

§ 28-7-39. Furnishing of public records.The several departments, commissions, divisions, authorities, boards, bureaus, agencies, and officers of the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state shall furnish the board, upon its request, all records, papers, and information in their possession relating to any matter before the board.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-39.
RI Gen L § 28-7-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-40 - Penalty for violations.

§ 28-7-40. Penalty for violations.Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with any member of the board or any of its agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, or who in any manner interferes with the free exercise by employees of their right to select representatives in an election directed by the board pursuant to §§ 28-7-14 — 28-7-19, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-40.
RI Gen L § 28-7-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-41 - Records of proceedings.

§ 28-7-41. Records of proceedings.Subject to rules and regulations to be made by the board, the complaints, orders, and testimony relating to a proceeding instituted by the board under §§ 28-7-20 — 28-7-25 may be made public records and be made available for inspection and copying. All proceedings pursuant to §§ 28-7-20 — 28-7-25 shall be open to the public.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-41.
RI Gen L § 28-7-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-42 - Budget estimates - Expenditures.

§ 28-7-42. Budget estimates — Expenditures.Prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of November of each year, the director of labor and training shall submit to the director of administration for his or her approval an estimated budget of the administrative expenses of the state labor relations board for the ensuing fiscal year. All moneys appropriated to the department or the board for the use of the board shall be expended and audited in the manner provided for all other expenditures under the supervision of the director of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-42.
RI Gen L § 28-7-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-43 - Appropriations and disbursements.

§ 28-7-43. Appropriations and disbursements.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much of it as may be required from time to time, upon the receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the director of labor and training and the chairperson of the state labor relations board.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-43.
RI Gen L § 28-7-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-44 - Chapter controlling.

§ 28-7-44. Chapter controlling.Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other general, special, or local law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-44.
RI Gen L § 28-7-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-45 - Employees exempt from chapter.

§ 28-7-45. Employees exempt from chapter.(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply: (1) to the employees of any employer who concedes to and agrees with the board that the employees are subject to and protected by the provisions of the National Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 141 et seq., or the federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.; (2) except as provided in Chapter 11 of title 36 as to employees of the state; (3) except as provided in chapter 9.4 of this title as to employees of any political or civil subdivision or other agency thereof; (4) except "firefighters" as defined in chapter 9.1 of this title and "police officers" as defined in chapter 9.2 of this title; or(5) except "school teachers" as defined in chapter 9.3 of this title; provided, that in the case of firefighters, police officers, and health care provider employees, including those of hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and orphanages, the provisions of this chapter shall apply, but nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed in any manner to grant to any firefighters, police officers or health care provider employees, including those of hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and orphanages, the right to engage in any strike. Any strike by any firefighters, police officers or health care provider employees, including those of hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and orphanages, shall be illegal.(b) When an impasse is reached by an employer and a union representing health care provider employees, including those of hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and orphanages, the mediation services of the department of labor and training shall be utilized for mediation and fact finding. If the issues remain unresolved, then the parties shall proceed to arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-45; P.L. 1965, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1972, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 296, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-7-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-46 - Right to strike and concerted activities preserved.

§ 28-7-46. Right to strike and concerted activities preserved.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to interfere with, impede, or diminish in any way the right of employees to strike or engage in other lawful, concerted activities.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-46.
RI Gen L § 28-7-47 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-47 - Severability.

§ 28-7-47. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is, for any reason, adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter and the application of this chapter to other persons or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment has been rendered and to the person or circumstances involved. It is declared to be the legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had the invalid provisions not been included.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-47.
RI Gen L § 28-7-48 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-48 - Prohibition against economic benefit to an unfair employer.

§ 28-7-48. Prohibition against economic benefit to an unfair employer.Except for state payments to health care providers pursuant to the medical assistance program in chapter 8 of title 40 and the Rite Start program in § 23-13-18, the state of Rhode Island or any subsidiary or agency of the state shall not enter into any new contracts with, or provide any new subsidiary, payment, service or state revenue bond money to, nor make any favorable administrative ruling which might reasonably lead to the financial gain of, any employer who has been found guilty of any unfair labor practice by an administrative law judge of the national labor relations board for the duration of any strike by the employer's employees.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-7-49 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7 - Labor Relations Act|Section 28-7-49 - No limitation on healthcare benefit providers.

§ 28-7-49. No limitation on healthcare benefit providers.No collective bargaining agreement covering any group or groups of state employees, public school teachers or employees of any city or town, ratified after August 1, 2008, shall specify that an employer must procure a healthcare benefit plan from a specific provider of such plans. The technical qualifications of the healthcare benefit plan, to be contracted for, shall not be framed or constructed in a manner designed to identify an exclusive provider of said healthcare services.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 34, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-7.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7.1 - Health and Welfare Funds, Pension Plans|Section 28-7.1-1 - Payments - Penalty.

§ 28-7.1-1. Payments — Penalty.Whenever any employer has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization or association of employees providing for payments to a health or welfare fund or pension fund, or other plan for the benefit of employees, it shall be unlawful for the employer to fail to make the payments required by the terms of the agreement. Further, any employer who willfully fails to make payments within sixty (60) days after they become due and payable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, and/or imprisoned not exceeding one year for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 367, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-7.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7.1 - Health and Welfare Funds, Pension Plans|Section 28-7.1-2 - Enforcement.

§ 28-7.1-2. Enforcement.The director of labor and training shall enforce the provisions of § 28-7.1-1.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 129, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-7.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7.1 - Health and Welfare Funds, Pension Plans|Section 28-7.1-3 - Definitions.

§ 28-7.1-3. Definitions."Health or welfare fund" or "pension fund" or "other plan for the benefit of employees" includes any plan, trust, or fund established by an employer organization, or by an employer and a labor organization, or by an employer and an employee organization, the funds for which are derived in whole or in part from contributions by employers, and which exists for the purpose of paying or providing for employees or their families or dependents medical or hospital care, recreation facilities, pensions, annuities, benefits on retirement, death, or unemployment of beneficiaries, severance pay, compensation for injuries or illness, insurance to provide any of the foregoing, vacation or holiday benefits, apprenticeship training, or life, disability, or sickness or accident insurance.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 367, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-7.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-7.1 - Health and Welfare Funds, Pension Plans|Section 28-7.1-4 - Defined benefit plans annual reporting.

§ 28-7.1-4. Defined benefit plans annual reporting.(a) All defined benefit plans that are not covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and have two hundred (200) or more plan members shall be required to comply with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. § 1024(b)(3).(b) This section shall not apply to governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32).History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 52, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 67, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-8 - Actions by Labor Organizations|Section 28-8-1 - Capacity to sue on behalf of employees for contract violations.

§ 28-8-1. Capacity to sue on behalf of employees for contract violations.Suits or actions at law for the violation by an employer of contracts of employment between the employer and his or her employees who are represented by a labor union as their legally constituted bargaining agent, and whose rights and duties as employees are set forth in a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and labor union, as the legal representative of the employees, may be brought in the name of the union for the benefit of the employees. This section applies to any previous violation or violation which may be made in the future by the employer; provided, that any action at law brought by the labor union for the benefit of the employees shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 9-1-15 — 9-1-24.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3513, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-8-1.
RI Gen L § 28-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-8 - Actions by Labor Organizations|Section 28-8-2 - Suit in superior court.

§ 28-8-2. Suit in superior court.Labor organizations may sue as a legal entity for the benefit and on behalf of the employees whom they represent in the superior court of the state of Rhode Island having jurisdiction of the parties.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3513, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-8-2.
RI Gen L § 28-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-8 - Actions by Labor Organizations|Section 28-8-3 - Remedy cumulative.

§ 28-8-3. Remedy cumulative.This chapter is not in substitution of any remedies which are now available to the employer or employee, but is cumulative to those remedies.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3513, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-8-3.
RI Gen L § 28-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies|Section 28-9-1 - Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate any controversy.

§ 28-9-1. Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate any controversy.A provision in a written contract between an employer and an association of employees, a labor union, trade union, or craft union, or between an association of employers and an association of employees, labor unions, trade unions, or craft unions, to settle by arbitration any controversy shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, except upon any grounds that exist in law or in equity for the revocation of the contract; provided, that the provisions of this chapter apply but are not limited to controversies respecting terms and conditions of employment. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing that the arbitrator shall have no authority to modify the penalty imposed by the employer in the arbitration of matters relating to the disciplining of employees, including, but not limited to, termination, suspension, or reprimand, the arbitrator shall have the authority to modify the penalty imposed by the employer and/or otherwise fashion an appropriate remedy.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3517, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-9-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch 227, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies|Section 28-9-2 - Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate existing or prior controversy.

§ 28-9-2. Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate existing or prior controversy.An agreement in writing between an employer and an association of employees, a labor union, trade union, or craft union, or between an association of employers and an association of employees, labor unions, trade unions, or craft unions, to submit to arbitration any controversy existing between them prior to and at the time of the agreement shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, except upon any grounds that exist in law or in equity for the revocation of the contract.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3517, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-9-2.
RI Gen L § 28-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies|Section 28-9-3 - Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate new contract.

§ 28-9-3. Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate new contract.A provision in a written contract between an employer and an association of employees, a labor union, trade union, or craft union, or between an association of employers and an association of employees, labor unions, trade unions, or craft unions, to submit to arbitration any and all controversies relative to the execution of a new contract upon the termination of an existing contract, as provided for in writing in the existing contract, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, except upon any grounds that exist in law or in equity for the revocation of the contract; and it is not a defense to the enforceability of the provision to submit to arbitration that the issue or issues which the arbitrator or arbitrators must decide is not one which could have formed the basis of an action at law or suit in equity.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3517, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-9-3.
RI Gen L § 28-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies|Section 28-9-4 - Stay of judicial proceedings on arbitrable issue.

§ 28-9-4. Stay of judicial proceedings on arbitrable issue.If any suit or proceedings is brought on any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for the arbitration, the court in which the suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in the suit or proceedings is referable to arbitration under an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties, stay the trial of the action until the arbitration has been held.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3517, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-9-4.
RI Gen L § 28-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies|Section 28-9-5 - Superior court order of arbitration.

§ 28-9-5. Superior court order of arbitration.(a) The making of an agreement for arbitration shall be deemed a consent of the parties to the arbitration to the jurisdiction of the superior court of this state to enforce the agreement. A party aggrieved by the failure, neglect, or refusal of another to perform under a contract or submission providing for arbitration, may petition the superior court, or a judge of that court, for an order directing that the arbitration proceed in the manner provided for in the contract or submission.(b) Five (5) days notice in writing of the application shall be served upon the party in default. Service shall be made in the manner specified in the contract or submission, and if no manner of service is specified, then in the manner provided by law for personal service of a summons, within or without the state, or substituted service of a summons, or upon satisfactory proof that the aggrieved party has been or will be unable with due diligence to make service in any of the previously mentioned manners, then the notice shall be served in the manner that the court or judge directs.(c) A judge of the superior court shall hear the parties and upon being satisfied that there is no substantial issue as to the making of the contract or submission or the failure to comply with it, the court or the judge hearing the application shall make an order directing the parties to proceed to arbitration in accordance with the terms of the contract or submission.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3517, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-9-5.