§ 28-3-1. Places and times where employment of children prohibited. No child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work at any time in any business or industrial establishment in this state. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to […]
§ 28-3-10. Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors. The department of labor and training is empowered and is authorized, under any rules that it may determine, to declare any particular work, occupation, trade, place, or process injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for minors under sixteen (16) years of age. The department of labor […]
§ 28-3-11. Hours of work for children. (a) No children under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work more than forty (40) hours in any one week in any business or mercantile establishment within this state, and in no case shall the hours of labor exceed eight (8) […]
§ 28-3-11.1. [Repealed.]
§ 28-3-12. Posting of hours and wage rates. Every employer shall post, in one or more places in the employer’s establishment where it may be easily seen and read by all employees employed by the employer, a printed or typewritten notice stating the minimum rates of pay, including hourly rates, or piece rate or both, […]
§ 28-3-13. [Repealed.]
§ 28-3-14. Maximum continuous employment without mealtime. All employees are entitled to a twenty-minute (20) mealtime within a six-hour (6) work shift, and a thirty-minute (30) mealtime with an eight-hour (8) work shift. An employer shall not be required to compensate an employee for this mealtime. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: […]
§ 28-3-15. Penalty for violation of provisions of this chapter. Every person who willfully employs or has in his or her employ or under his or her charge any person in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and every parent or guardian who permits any child to be so employed, shall be fined one […]
§ 28-3-16, 28-3-17. [Repealed.]
§ 28-3-18. Enforcement of provisions — Prosecution of violations. The division of labor standards has full power to enforce §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20, and has all the powers of the division of compliance inspection insofar as those powers relate to and affect women and children. All actions, suits, complaints, and prosecutions for the violation of […]
§ 28-3-19. Posting of copies of law. A printed copy of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 shall be posted by the inspectors in each workroom of every factory, manufacturing, or mercantile establishment where persons are employed who are affected by the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 10; G.L. 1956, § […]
§ 28-3-2. Production of certificate of age on demand by compliance inspector. Whenever any truant officer or compliance inspector has reason to doubt that any child employed in any factory, mechanical, manufacturing, or business establishment has reached the age of sixteen (16) years, the compliance inspector shall demand of the child’s employer that the employer […]
§ 28-3-20. Penalty for violations generally. Except as otherwise specifically provided, any person or corporation who or that: (1) Employs a child under sixteen (16) years of age without the permit required by § 28-3-3; (2) Makes a false statement in regard to any part required by the certificate; (3) Violates any of the provisions […]
§ 28-3-21 — 28-3-31. [Repealed.]
§ 28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children. The school committee of each city or town, or any person 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 […]
§ 28-3-3.1. Work experience program. The school committee of each city and town is authorized to adopt and implement a school-supervised and school-administered work experience and career exploration program (WECEP), under which students who have completed fourteen (14) years of age may be enrolled, notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, in a work experience career […]
§ 28-3-3.2. Revocation or suspension of permit. The permit of any child issued pursuant to § 28-3-3 may be revoked or suspended by the school committee that issued the permit if upon the recommendation of the principal of the school that the child attends, to the school committee, that the issuance of the permit appears […]
§ 28-3-3.3. Manufacturing and industrial pre-apprenticeship and internships. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude any manufacturing or industrial pre-apprenticeship or internship program, provided that the child is sixteen (16) years of age or older and that the pre-apprenticeship or internship program complies with the career and technical education regulations promulgated by the […]
§ 28-3-32. Immunity from liability for costs. No police officer, probation officer, truant officer, or principal of a school complaining under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be required to give surety for costs; and no such person shall in any way be liable for any costs that may accrue on the complaint. […]
§ 28-3-4. Return of permit on termination of employment. The permit shall, within five (5) days after termination of the employment of the child, be returned by the employer to the school committee that issued it, or to any person the committee shall designate, and shall be kept on file until the official authorized to […]
