Labor & Employment (Labor Standards)

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 30, 2026

HB 7966: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE WORKER PROTECTION ACT

Requires employers to protect workers from extreme heat and cold by implementing safety plans, providing paid rest breaks, shade or warmth, drinking water, and protective equipment, ensuring training, and recordkeeping.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates employer safety plans, paid breaks, shade/warmth, water, and training for extreme temperatures, directly strengthening workplace safety protections for workers.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Workplace Safety

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died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 4, 2026

SB 2498: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES

Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands employer record-keeping requirements and increases penalties, strengthening worker access to personnel records for dispute resolution and accountability.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

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died · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2026

HB 7490: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES--OVERTIME

Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill expands overtime eligibility for exempt workers by requiring pay when salary exceeds minimum wage multipliers, strengthening wage protections for more employees.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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died · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2026

HB 7959: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES

Requires the employer, at the time of hiring, to furnish to their employees an itemized list of the terms and conditions of the employment and mandates that each payday a pay stub explaining how their wages were calculated is provided.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates transparent wage calculations via itemized hiring lists and pay stubs, protecting workers' rights to understand compensation.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

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died · Rhode Island · House Apr 15, 2026

HB 7768: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such conduct.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProhibits unlawful employment practices and imposes personal liability, directly protecting workers' rights under fair employment standards.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

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signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jun 18, 2026

SB 2504: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTION ACT

Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires written quota descriptions and adverse action details, enhancing transparency and protecting warehouse workers from arbitrary enforcement per bill title and summary.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Workplace Safety

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 18, 2026

HB 7769: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

HB 7769 sets the minimum wage for 2027 at $20.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2027. This bill directly affects all employers and hourly workers in the state who must pay at least this rate. The key provision amends existing law to establish this specific hourly rate for 2027, building on previously scheduled annual increases listed in the bill. The change takes effect immediately upon the bill's passage.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentSets 2027 minimum wage at $20/hr, directly increasing worker compensation per bill's explicit amendment to existing wage law.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 23, 2026

HB 7960: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES

Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.

Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentRemoves fixed timelines for wage enforcement, potentially delaying worker compensation and weakening enforcement efficiency.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

signed · Rhode Island · House Jun 18, 2026

HB 7290: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT

Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRestricts self-checkout stations and limits employee workload, protecting workers from excessive monitoring demands and promoting workplace safety.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

died · Rhode Island · Senate May 6, 2026

SB 2410: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PEACE OFFICER MAXIMUM WORKDAY AND OVERTIME COMPENSATION

SB 2410 sets a maximum 8-hour workday for most state peace officers (and 10 hours for correctional officer stewards) in the Department of Corrections, prohibiting mandatory overtime beyond these hours. Exceptions allow overtime only during unforeseeable emergencies like riots, but only after the state exhausts reasonable efforts to secure staff from available qualified employees. If the state violates the law by requiring unauthorized overtime, it must pay affected employees double time and a half for the overtime worked. The bill does not affect voluntary overtime or existing collective bargaining agreements.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRestricts mandatory overtime for state peace officers, mandates double pay for violations, directly protecting workers' rights and workplace conditions per bill's explicit language.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Collective Bargaining Labor Standards

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