§ 28-12-8. Judicial review of regulations.
(a) Any interested person in any occupation for which any wage order or any administrative regulation has been issued under the provisions of this chapter who may be aggrieved by any order or regulation may obtain the review of the order or regulation in the superior court for Providence and Bristol counties by filing in the court within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the order or regulation a written petition praying that the order or regulation be modified or set aside. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the director of labor and training. The findings of facts shall be conclusive upon the court. The court shall determine whether the order or regulation is in accordance with law.
(b) Hearings in the superior court on all appeals taken under the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all matters, except matters of the same character. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final except that the judgment and decree shall be subject to review by the supreme court.
(c) The commencement of proceedings under subsection (a) of this section shall not operate as a stay of a wage order or of an administrative regulation issued under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-8.
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 - [Repealed.]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 - [Repealed.]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.