§ 28-48-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of labor and training. (2) “Employee” means any full-time employee who works an average of thirty (30) or more hours per week. (3) “Employer” means and includes: (i) Any person, […]
§ 28-48-10. Notice. (a) Each employer shall post and keep posted, in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, a notice, to be approved by the agency, setting forth excerpts from, or summaries of, the pertinent provisions of this chapter and information pertaining to the filing […]
§ 28-48-11. Use of sick leave for adoptive parents. Any employer who or that allows sick time or sick leave of an employee to be utilized after the birth of a child shall allow the same time to be used for the placement of a child sixteen (16) years of age or less with an […]
§ 28-48-12. School involvement leave. (a) An employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months shall be entitled to a total of ten (10) hours of leave during any twelve-month (12) period to attend school conferences or other school-related activities for a child of whom the employee is the […]
§ 28-48-2. Parental leave and family leave requirement. (a) Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months shall be entitled, upon advance notice to his or her employer, to thirteen (13) consecutive workweeks of parental leave or family leave in any two (2) calendar years. The employee shall […]
§ 28-48-3. Employment and health benefits protection. (a) Every employee who exercises his or her right to parental leave or family leave under this chapter shall, upon the expiration of that leave, be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced, or to a position […]
§ 28-48-4. Effect on existing employment benefits. (a) The taking of parental leave or family leave pursuant to this chapter shall not result in the loss of any benefit accrued before the date on which the leave commenced. (b) Except as provided in § 28-48-3(b), nothing in this chapter shall be construed to entitle any […]
§ 28-48-5. Prohibited acts. (a) It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right provided by this chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee […]
§ 28-48-6. Judicial enforcement. A civil action may be brought in the superior court by an employee or by the director against any employer to enforce the provisions of this title or of any order issued by the director pursuant to § 28-48-7. The court may enjoin any act or practice that violates or may […]
§ 28-48-7. Enforcement powers of the director. If, after giving an employer written notice and an opportunity to be heard, the director finds that the employer has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, the director may issue the orders that he or she deems necessary to protect the rights of any employee. […]
§ 28-48-8. Civil penalty for violations. Any employer who or that violates any provision of this chapter or of any order issued pursuant to § 28-48-7 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance shall be deemed a […]
§ 28-48-9. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, […]
