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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Representative Thomas Winfield | |
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Date Introduced: February 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Labor | |
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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 employer provides proof of a surety bond or other sufficient |
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demonstration of security in the amount of the highest biweekly payroll exposure in the preceding |
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year for the employees subject to the petition. |
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(c) 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 the business |
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qualifies under classification in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors |
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23, 51, 54, and 62. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES | |
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This act would allow employers in any industry to petition the department of labor and |
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training for permission to pay its employees less frequently than weekly provided the employer's |
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business qualifies under the North American Industry Classification System. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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