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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 Alzate, Corvese, Cruz, Morales, Shanley, and Henries

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2023

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 25-3-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-3 entitled "Work on

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

     25-3-2. Increased pay required for work on Sundays and holidays.

     (a) Any person, association, or corporation receiving a permit from the division of racing

and athletics of the department of business regulation to operate any horse racing, dog racing, or

jai alai event under the parimutuel system and any person, association, or corporation doing

business under a contractual agreement to provide any services to any horse racing, dog racing, or

jai alai event under the parimutuel system shall compensate the necessary persons to conduct the

event on Sundays and/or holidays for at least one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay

for the work performed, and it shall not be grounds for discharge or other penalty upon an employee

for refusing to work at the horse racing, dog racing, or jai alai event upon any of the Sundays and

holidays enumerated in this chapter, and nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any person

from engaging in or being employed in connection with the holding or operation of the licensed

event.

     (b) Notwithstanding any terms of a lawful collective bargaining agreement entered into

prior to the effective date of this act, laborers, mechanics, and workers engaged in duties requiring

principally physical exertion, who are required to work on Sundays and/or holidays shall be paid

by their employers at least one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay for the work

performed.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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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 amend the current law so that, aside from any existing contract, all laborers,

mechanics, and workers who are required to work on Sundays and/or holidays would be paid by

their employers at least one and one-half (1½) times the normal rate of pay.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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