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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: Senators Felag, Pichardo, Lombardi, Walaska, and McCaffrey

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     (Human Services)

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

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served in our country's Armed Forces; and

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

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veterans; and

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

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now, therefore be it

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

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

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

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observed; and be it further

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

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

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the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training

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