§ 28-12-21. More favorable laws preserved.
Any standards relating to minimum wages, maximum hours, overtime compensation, or other working conditions in effect under any other law of this state that are more favorable to employees than those applicable to those employees under this chapter or the regulations and orders issued under this chapter, shall not be deemed to be amended, rescinded, or otherwise affected by this chapter but shall continue in full force and effect and may be enforced as provided by law unless and until they are specifically superseded by standards more favorable to those employees by operation or in accordance with regulations or orders issued under this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-21; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 31.
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 - [Repealed.]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 - [Repealed.]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.