§ 28-11-1. Standard day’s work. Except as otherwise provided by law, labor performed in any manufacturing establishment, and all mechanical labor, during the period of ten (10) hours in any one day, shall be considered a legal day’s work, unless otherwise agreed by the parties to the contract for the labor. History of Section.G.L. 1923, […]
§ 28-11-2. Day’s work for street railway employees. A day’s work for all conductors and operators now employed, or who may subsequently be employed, in the operation of all street railways of whatever motive power in this state shall not exceed ten (10) hours work, to be performed within twelve (12) consecutive hours. No officer […]
§ 28-11-3. Contracts varying length of day on street railways. The true intent and purpose of §§ 28-11-2 — 28-11-4 is declared to be to limit the usual hours of labor of the conductor and operator employees of street railway corporations, in the absence of agreement as to hours between the employees and their employer, […]
§ 28-11-4. Penalty for violations by street railways. Any street railway corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 28-11-2 and 28-11-3 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), one-half (½) of that amount to the use of the complainant and the other one-half (½) […]
