Rhode Island
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.
Updated to reflect law addressing salary history inquiries and pay transparency, effective January 1, 2023.
Updated to reflect law addressing salary history inquiries and pay transparency, effective January 1, 2023.
Updated to reflect anti-retaliation provisions in pay equity law, effective January, 2023.
Updated to reflect coverage requirements related to hysterectomy or myomectomy treatment and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, and a special enrollment period requirement for pregnant individuals, effective January 1, 2023.
Updated to reflect changes in the electronic deposit and filing threshold, effective January 1, 2023.
Rhode Island employers seeking to emphasize compliance with the law prohibiting employers from requiring that employees not disclose or discuss information about their wages or those of other employees should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.