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RI S. 0342

2023 | NDA

STATUS: Enacted

Limits Non-Disclosure Agreements

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RI HB 6090, § 1

2019 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

To increase the temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) Weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.

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RI Gen. Laws § 28-41-35

2014 | 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).

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Rhode Island S 270

| Defenses, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Pay Secrecy Prohibitions, Protected Classes, Remedies Fair Pay

STATUS: Enacted

This bill builds on wage discrimination protections by allowing broader comparisons of work, applying the law to other protected classes in addition to sex, prohibiting retaliation for discussing pay, and expanding the scope of remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.

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Rhode Island H. 5413

2017 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Sick Leave

STATUS: Enacted

Provides for the accrual of one hour of paid sick and safe leave for every 35 hours worked for individuals whose employers employ 18 or more employees.

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