Rhode Island
This guide provides an overview of Rhode Island military leave law. It covers employer obligations and employee rights with respect to military leave law, family military leave, and the importance of maintaining documentation regarding military leave.
Updated to reflect new law permitting private employers to provide a veterans preference, effective July 6, 2016.
Rhode Island employers seeking to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for jury and witness duty and to demonstrate their compliance with Rhode Island's jury and witness duty leave laws should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
This guide provides an overview of Rhode Island law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, and prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service.
Rhode Island considers different factors to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under its workers compensation law and unemployment insurance law. This guide provides an in-depth review of Rhode Island employment law requirements with respect to independent contractors.