| Chapter 337 |
| 2025 -- H 5679 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 07/01/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES |
Introduced By: Representatives Giraldo, Alzate, Potter, Morales, Biah, Felix, and Tanzi |
| Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 28-14-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-14 entitled "Payment of |
| Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 28-14-12. Employment records. |
| (a) Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of hours worked and wages paid |
| each pay period to each employee in any form that may be prescribed by the director. The employer |
| shall keep the records on file for at least three (3) years after the entry of the record. At the start of |
| employment, an employer shall provide each of its employees, a written notice, in English, |
| containing the following information: |
| (1) The rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, including whether the employee is to be paid |
| by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method, and the specific |
| application of any additional rates; |
| (2) Allowances, if any, claimed, pursuant to permitted meals and lodging; |
| (3) Employer's policy on sick, vacation, personal leave, holidays, and hours; |
| (4) The employee's employment status and whether the employee is exempt from minimum |
| wage and/or overtime; |
| (5) A list of deductions that may be made from the employee's pay; |
| (6) The number of days in the pay period, the regularly scheduled payday, and the payday |
| on which the employee will receive the first payment of wages earned; |
| (7) The legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer, if different |
| from its legal name; |
| (8) The physical address of the employer's main office or principal place of business, and |
| its mailing address if different; and |
| (9) The telephone number of the employer. |
| (b) The employer shall keep a copy of the notice provided pursuant to the provisions of |
| subsection (a) of this section, signed by each employee, thereby acknowledging their receipt of the |
| notice. |
| (c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of |
| four hundred dollars ($400) for a first or second violation and any subsequent violation shall be |
| subject to the penalties provided in ยง 28-14-17(a). |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2026. |
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