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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES

     Introduced By: Representatives Hearn, Cimini, O'Brien, Nunes, and Marcello

     Date Introduced: May 01, 2013

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 28-14-2.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-14 entitled "Payment

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of Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     28-14-2.2. Frequency of payment. -- (a) Except as provided in sections 28-14-4 and 28-

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14-5, every employee other than employees of the state and its political subdivisions and of

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religious, literary, or charitable corporations shall be paid weekly all due wages from his or her

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employer, except those employees whose compensation is fixed at a biweekly, semi-monthly,

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monthly, or yearly rate.

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      (b) The director may, upon written petition showing good and sufficient reason, permit

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the employer and its affiliates to pay wages less frequently than weekly provided: (1) The

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employer and its affiliates have more than two thousand five hundred (2500) employees located

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in Rhode Island; (2) The employer's average payroll exceeds one hundred thirty-five percent

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(135%) of the average compensation of all employees in the state as defined in subsection 42-

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64.11-2(c); (3) The employer makes payment of wages regularly on a predesignated date no less

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than twice per month; and (4) The the employer provides proof of a surety bond or other

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sufficient demonstration of security in the amount of the highest biweekly payroll exposure in the

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preceding year for the employees subject to the petition.

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     SECTION 2. 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 - PAYMENT OF WAGES

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     This act would allow employee wages to be paid less frequently than weekly upon the

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employer meeting specified requirements.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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