Rhode Island
As mandated by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, employers covered by the state unemployment insurance law must provide the Unemployment Insurance Notice.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Rhode Island laws related to fair pay, including equal pay and pay discrimination laws; pay transparency requirements; salary history inquiry restrictions; pay data reporting requirements; and employee wage disclosure rights.
Updated statement to reflect amended definition of employee under the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act, effective June 20, 2023.
Updated statement to reflect amended definition of employee under the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act, effective June 20, 2023.
Updated to reflect amended definition of employee under the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act, effective June 20, 2023.
Updated to reflect anti-retaliation provisions in pay equity law, effective January, 2023.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Rhode Island laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.