2016 -- H 7157 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND | |
CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Amore, Fogarty, Lombardi, Regunberg, and O`Grady | |
Date Introduced: January 14, 2016 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-3 entitled "Employment |
2 | of Women and Children" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-3-3. Issuance of limited permits for work by children. – (a) The school committee |
4 | of each city or town, or any person that the school committee may designate, may issue for any |
5 | child who has completed fourteen (14) years of age and has successfully completed a worker |
6 | rights' training program established by subsection (b) of this section a special limited permit to |
7 | work, permitting the employment of the child on days on which schools are not in session, and on |
8 | school days at hours in which schools are not in session, at any legal employment and subject to |
9 | the requirements of law limiting the employment of children, but not for employment in factories |
10 | or in mechanical or manufacturing establishments. The permits to work shall be uniform |
11 | throughout the state, and the permit to work form shall be prescribed and provided by the |
12 | department of labor and training. The school committee of each city or town, or any person that |
13 | the school committee may designate to issue the permits to work provided for in this section, |
14 | shall keep on file a copy of each permit to work granted, together with the evidence on which the |
15 | permit to work was granted. |
16 | (b) The department of labor and training shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary |
17 | to establish a training program, funded by the department, for those children seeking a work |
18 | permit under this section. The goal of the program shall be to educate children of their legal |
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1 | workers' rights and protections including, but not limited to, the provisions of this chapter. |
2 | 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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1 | This act would require children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully |
2 | complete a worker rights' training program established as funded by the department of labor and |
3 | training. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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