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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND | |
CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Pearson, Goodwin, Lombardo, and Murray | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-3 entitled "Employment |
2 | of Women and Children" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children. |
4 | (a) The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the school committee |
5 | may designate, may issue for any child who has completed fourteen (14) years of age and has |
6 | successfully completed a workers' rights training program, established by subsection (b) of this |
7 | section, a special limited permit to work, permitting the employment of the child on days on which |
8 | schools are not in session, and on school days at hours in which schools are not in session, at any |
9 | legal employment and subject to the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but |
10 | not for employment in factories or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. The permits to |
11 | work shall be uniform throughout the state, and the permit to work form shall be prescribed and |
12 | provided by the department of labor and training. A child must certify to the department that they |
13 | have successfully completed a training program created by the department, which would include |
14 | worker rights, workplace health and safety, and workers' compensation, before a permit can be |
15 | issued. The content, cost and funding for this training program, shall be implemented by way of |
16 | rules and regulations promulgated by the department of labor and training. The school committee |
17 | of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may designate to issue the permits to |
18 | work provided for in this section, shall keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, together |
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1 | with the evidence on which the permit to work was granted. |
2 | (b) The department of labor and training shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary |
3 | to establish a training program, funded by the department, for those children seeking a work permit |
4 | under this section. The goal of the program shall be to educate children of their legal workers' rights |
5 | and protections, including, but not limited to, the provisions of this chapter. |
6 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND | |
CHILDREN | |
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1 | This act would require children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully |
2 | complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and |
3 | training. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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