2020 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Provides for the accrual of one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Leave is paid if the employer either employs more than four employees or has net income greater than $1 million.
Read More2018 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Provides for the accrual of one hour of sick and safe leave for every 30 hours worked. Leave is paid if employer employs more than 15 employees or unpaid if employer employs fewer individuals.
Read More2018 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Provides for the accrual of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked with no restriction on minimum size of employer to qualify for leave.
Read More2021 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Removes language that specifies that the sick leave provisions apply to birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Instead, provides that (i) sick leave shall also be interpreted to mean birth, adoption, or placement for adoption;
Read More2020 | Covid-19, Hazard Pay
STATUS: Enacted
All full-time, part-time and casual staff at Yale New Haven Hospital will receive a 5 percent pay bump. (https://www.change.org/p/yale-new-haven-hospital-we-demand-hazard-pay-at-yale-new-haven-hospital)
Read More2016 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Provides for the accrual of one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked for all employees.
Read More2014 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave
STATUS: Enacted
Section 28-41-35 states that employees are elegible for temporary caregiver benefits for any week (up to four weeks in a benefit year) they are unable to perform customary work because they are bonding with a newborn or newly adopted child, or because they are caring for a child or family member without fear of potential termination, employer retaliation, or loss of health care benefits. This bill is expanded by H.B. 6090, § 1, 2021-2022 Leg. Sess. (R.I. 2021).
Read More2020 | Covid-19, Hazard Pay
STATUS: Enacted
The South Windsor Town Council approved weekly hazard pay stipends of $200 for city employees.
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