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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON

HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS

     Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Costantino, Dawson, and Azzinaro

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2023

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 25-3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-3 entitled "Work on

Holidays and Sundays" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     25-3-3. Work on Sundays or holidays.

     (a) Work performed by employees on Sundays and holidays must be paid for at least one

and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay for the work performed; provided: (1) That it is not

grounds for discharge or other penalty upon any employee for refusing to work upon any Sunday

or holiday enumerated in this chapter; and (2) Any manufacturer that operates for seven (7)

continuous days per week is exempt from the requirement of subdivision (1).

     (b) Any manufacturer of wall-covering products that operates for seven (7) continuous days

per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day, and has complied with the provisions of subsection (a)

is exempt from the requirement that the work be voluntary on Sundays as provided in subsection

(a); provided, that the manufacturer increases employment by at least ten percent (10%), within

one year of its conversion to continuous operation from non-continuous operation.

     (c) Any manufacturer that operates three (3) shifts, or begins its work week on Sundays,

may begin the shift or start the work week at 11:00 P.M. on Sunday and not be required to pay its

employees one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay during the one hour period between

11:00 P.M. Sunday and 12 midnight.

     (d) Any and all employees of a chauffeur driven limousine or taxi cab company that

operates seven (7) continuous days per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day are exempt from the

provisions of subsection (a) hereof.

     (e) Any car rental company that operates a car rental agency at Rhode Island T.F. Green

International Airport and is required pursuant to its lease agreement with the Rhode Island airport

corporation to operate on Sundays and/or holidays is exempt from the provisions of subsection (a)

hereof with respect to work performed at its Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport location.

     (f) The Penske Truck Leasing Company located at 65 Amflex Drive in Cranston, Rhode

Island, is exempt from the Sunday provisions of subsection (a) of this section with respect to

business performed at its Penske Truck Leasing Company.

     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 HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON

HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS

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     This act would exempt Penske Truck Leasing located at 65 Amflex Drive in Cranston,

from the Sunday work law requiring the payment of one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate

of pay for work performed on Sunday.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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