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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND

CHILDREN

     Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo

     Date Introduced: March 26, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 28-3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-3 entitled "Employment

of Women and Children" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children. – (a) The school committee

of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may designate, may issue for any

child who has completed fourteen (14) years of age and has successfully completed a training

program on worker rights established under subsection (b) of this section a special limited permit

to work, permitting the employment of the child on days on which schools are not in session, and

on school days at hours in which schools are not in session, at any legal employment and subject

to the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but not for employment in

factories or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. The permits to work shall be uniform

throughout the state, and the permit to work form shall be prescribed and provided by the

department of labor and training. The school committee of each city or town, or any person that

the school committee may designate to issue the permits to work provided for in this section,

shall keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, together with the evidence on which the

permit to work was granted.

     (b) The department of labor and training shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary

to establish a training program, funded by the department, for those children seeking a work

permit under this section. The purpose of the program shall be to educate the child of worker

rights and protections including, but not limited to, the provisions of this chapter.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND

CHILDREN

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     This act would require school committees to issue a special limited permit to a child

fourteen (14) years of age, only if the child has completed a training program on worker rights. It

would also provide for the department of labor and training to promulgate rules and regulations to

establish the program.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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