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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

     Introduced By: Representatives Costantino, and Hawkins

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2019

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum

Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     28-12-3.2. Wages for failure to furnish shift work.

     (a) An employer who requests or permits any employee to report for duty at the

beginning of a work shift and does not furnish at least three (3) hours work on that shift, shall pay

the employee not less than three (3) times the regular hourly rate. Provided, however, that shifts

scheduled for less than three (3) hours are permissible when entered into voluntarily and agreed

upon by both the employer and employee. In the event that an employee reports for duty at the

beginning of a work shift and the employer offers no work for him or her to perform, the

employer shall pay the employee not less than three (3) times the regular hourly rate or the

amount they would have earned for any shifts consisting of less than three (3) hours, as allowed

under this section.

     (b) This section shall not apply to students enrolled full-time at colleges or universities

located in this state who are also an employee of the college or university they attend, except as

follows: a college or university that employs students and requests or permits a student employee

to report for duty at the beginning of a work shift, the length of which has been mutually agreed

to, and the employer does not furnish work for the student employee to perform, will pay the

student for the number of hours of the agreed upon shift.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

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     This act would provide that employers who permit employees to report to work shall pay

the employee for not less than three (3) hours wages. An exception would be provided for agreed

work shifts scheduled for less than three (3) hours and for college student employees working for

the college.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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