2024 -- S 2783 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- | |
BENEFITS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, Burke, and Mack | |
Date Introduced: March 08, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-44-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-44 entitled |
2 | "Employment Security — Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-44-16. Labor disputes. |
4 | (a) An individual shall not be entitled to benefits if he or she became unemployed because |
5 | of a strike or other industrial controversy in the establishment in which he or she was employed. |
6 | This section shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the director that the claimant is not |
7 | a member of the organization or group responsible for the labor dispute and is not participating in |
8 | or financing or in any way directly interested in the labor dispute. |
9 | (b) Lockouts. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), an An individual shall be |
10 | entitled to benefits if his or her unemployment is the result of his or her employer’s withholding of |
11 | employment for the purpose of resisting collective bargaining demands or gaining collective |
12 | bargaining concessions, unless:. |
13 | (1) The claimant’s employer is a member of a multi-employer collective bargaining group |
14 | and the lockout is in response to a strike at another member of that multi-employer collective |
15 | bargaining group; or |
16 | (2) The claimant’s employer establishes to the satisfaction of the director that it has offered |
17 | to the labor organization representing the claimant an extension of then existing wages, hours, and |
18 | working conditions, including enforceable no strike and no lockout prohibitions, for up to three (3) |
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1 | days and the lockout is in response to the labor organization’s refusal to execute the extension. |
2 | (c) If the unemployment continues more than one week following the conclusion of a labor |
3 | dispute, an individual who is otherwise eligible under the terms of this chapter shall be entitled to |
4 | benefits. |
5 | 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 -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- | |
BENEFITS | |
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1 | This act would allow unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked |
2 | out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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