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.
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 More| 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.
Read More2017 | 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.
Read More| Workplace Harassment/Violence
STATUS: Enacted
Rhode Island state anti-discrimination law
Read More2018 | Workplace Harassment/Violence
Resolution establishing the Special Legislative Commission to Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
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