December 2024

 

Rhode Island Requires Veterans Benefits and Services Poster

10/03/24

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (House Bill 7058), which will require employers with more than 50 employees to post a veterans’ benefits and services poster. House Bill 7058 takes effect on Jan.  1, 2025.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (1172)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner10/03/24

Rhode Island Expands Family Leave; Increases Unemployment Benefits

08/01/24

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 2121A), which increases both the length of leave available to employees under the Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law and the minimum dependent allowance. The law is set to take effect in two parts: on Jan.  1, 2025, and on Jan. 1, 2026.
Monday, July 29, 2024/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (2003)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner08/01/24

Rhode Island Makes Juneteenth a State Holiday

09/07/23

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 0444A), which will make June nineteenth (Juneteenth) a state holiday. Senate Bill 0444A takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (3067)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner09/07/23

Rhode Island Prohibits Provisions that Conceal Civil Rights Claims

09/07/23

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 0342aa), which prohibits employers from requiring that an employee enter into a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement that requires alleged civil rights violations to remain confidential. Senate Bill 0342aa is effective immediately.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (3056)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner09/07/23

Rhode Island Clarifies and Increases Penalties for Wage Theft and Independent Contractor Misclassification

09/07/23

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 1079a), which clarifies and increases certain penalties for employers that are found to have violated certain payment laws or misclassified independent contractors. Senate Bill 1079a takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (3344)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner09/07/23

Rhode Island establishes pregnancy special enrollment

12/01/22

Rhode Island has enacted legislation that mandates a special enrollment into health care coverage based on pregnancy.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (4239)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner12/01/22

Rhode Island adds employment protections for recreational marijuana users

8/4/22

Rhode Island has enacted the Rhode Island Cannabis Act (the Act), which adds and clarifies workplace protections related to cannabis use.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022/Author: ADP Admin/Number of views (4167)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Compliance Corner State Compliance UpdateRhode Island
Tags: Compliance Corner8/4/22

Rhode Island Wage Deduction Law Has Been Amended

10/5/17

Rhode Island’s wage deduction law has been amended to further limit the types of deductions or withholdings employers can make from employee wages. 
Thursday, October 5, 2017/Author: Taneil Jaeger/Number of views (6446)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Rhode Island
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance update10/5/17

Rhode Island Employer’s Refusal to Hire Medical Marijuana User Violates State Law

6/15/17

The Rhode Island Superior Court has ruled that an employer cannot refuse to hire a medical marijuana cardholder, even if the individual admittedly would not pass the employer’s pre-employment drug test required of all applicants.
Thursday, June 15, 2017/Author: Taneil Jaeger/Number of views (8052)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Rhode Island
Tags: Compliance CornerCompliance update6/15/17

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