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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING RHODE ISLAND EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE THEIR

EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VETERANS WITH TIME OFF ON VETERANS' DAY

     Introduced By: Representatives Abney, Casey, Marshall, Azzinaro, and Gallison

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2014

     Referred To: House Veterans` Affairs

     WHEREAS, Veterans' Day has been set aside to honor the men and women who have

served in our country's Armed Forces; and

     WHEREAS, Rhode Islanders greatly value the service to our country and state given by

veterans; and

     WHEREAS, Veterans should be honored and thanked in a public way on Veterans' Day;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence

Plantations hereby respectfully requests that employers in the state give special consideration to

any veteran in their employ and grant to them time off on the day on which Veterans' Day is

observed; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Governor of the State of Rhode Island and

the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training

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