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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 -- MINIMUM WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Anderson, Acosta, Bell, Calkin, Kallman, Mack, Mendes, Euer, | |
Date Introduced: March 10, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-12-25 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum |
2 | Wages" is hereby repealed. |
3 | 28-12-25. Uniformity. |
4 | No municipality shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to pay a |
5 | minimum wage to its employees, other than the state or federal mandated minimum wage, or to |
6 | apply a state or federal minimum wage law to wages statutorily exempt from a state or federal |
7 | minimum wage requirement. |
8 | 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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1 | This act would repeal the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own |
2 | minimum wage for their employees. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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