§ 28-12-16. Discrimination against employees invoking provisions.
Any employer who or that discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, to the director of labor and training, or to his or her authorized representative because: (1) He or she has not been paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) The employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter; (3) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding; or (4) The employee has served, or is about to serve, on a wage board, shall be deemed in violation of this chapter, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-16.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Section 28-12-1. - Short title.
Section 28-12-2. - Definitions.
Section 28-12-3. - Minimum wages.
Section 28-12-3.1. - Wages for minors.
Section 28-12-3.2. - Wages for failure to furnish shift work.
Section 28-12-4. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-12-4.1. - Overtime pay.
Section 28-12-4.2. - Biweekly overtime pay.
Section 28-12-4.3. - Exemptions.
Section 28-12-4.4. - Regulations.
Section 28-12-5. - Employees receiving gratuities.
Section 28-12-6. - Occupational administrative regulations.
Section 28-12-7. - Revision of regulations.
Section 28-12-8. - Judicial review of regulations.
Section 28-12-9. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-12-10. - Learners and apprentices.
Section 28-12-11. - Posting of law and orders.
Section 28-12-12. - Records of employers.
Section 28-12-13. - Responsibility for enforcement.
Section 28-12-14. - Enforcement powers.
Section 28-12-15. - Hindering enforcement — Failure to carry out administrative requirements.
Section 28-12-16. - Discrimination against employees invoking provisions.
Section 28-12-17. - Payment of substandard wages.
Section 28-12-18. - Penalty for other violations.
Section 28-12-19. - Actions for relief.
Section 28-12-20. - Assignment of wage claim and action by department.
Section 28-12-21. - More favorable laws preserved.
Section 28-12-22. - Collective bargaining rights preserved.
Section 28-12-23. - Annual appropriation.