| Chapter 082 |
| 2022 -- S 2418 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/15/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN |
Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Pearson, Goodwin, Lombardo, and Murray |
| Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 28-3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-3 entitled "Employment |
| of Women and Children" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children. |
| The school committee of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may |
| designate, may issue for any child who has completed fourteen (14) years of age a special limited |
| permit to work, permitting the employment of the child on days on which schools are not in session, |
| and on school days at hours in which schools are not in session, at any legal employment and |
| subject to the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but not for employment in |
| factories or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. The permits to work shall be uniform |
| throughout the state, and the permit to work form shall be prescribed and provided by the |
| department of labor and training. A child must certify to the department that they have successfully |
| completed a training program created by the department which that would address workers' rights, |
| workplace health and safety, and workers' compensation before a permit can be issued. The |
| program shall be no longer than three (3) hours and shall be available virtually. The content, cost, |
| and funding for this training program shall be determined by rules and regulations promulgated by |
| the department of labor and training. The school committee of each city or town, or any person that |
| the school committee may designate to issue the permits to work provided for in this section, shall |
| keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, together with the evidence on which the permit |
| to work was granted. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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