§ 28-3-8. Employment subject to provisions.
Every person, firm, or corporation doing business within this state employing five (5) or more persons, or employing any child under sixteen (16) years of age, shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 whatever the business conducted by the person, firm, or corporation; provided, that the provisions of §§ 28-3-1 — 28-3-20 do not apply to children employed in household service or in agricultural pursuits; and provided, further, that the provisions do not apply to the employment of children in the vocation, occupation, or service of rope or wire walking, or as gymnasts, wrestlers, contortionists, equestrian performers, or acrobats, riders upon bicycles, or mechanical contrivances, or in any dancing, theatrical, or musical exhibition, but the employment of children in any vocation, occupation, or service enumerated in this proviso shall continue to be governed by the provisions of §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8.
History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1312, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-3-8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-3 - Employment of Children
Section 28-3-1. - Places and times where employment of children prohibited.
Section 28-3-2. - Production of certificate of age on demand by compliance inspector.
Section 28-3-3. - Issuance of limited permits for work by children.
Section 28-3-3.1. - Work experience program.
Section 28-3-3.2. - Revocation or suspension of permit.
Section 28-3-3.3. - Manufacturing and industrial pre-apprenticeship and internships.
Section 28-3-4. - Return of permit on termination of employment.
Section 28-3-5. - Proof of age for employment certificate.
Section 28-3-6. - Certificates and permits kept by employer.
Section 28-3-7. - Cancellation of erroneously issued certificates.
Section 28-3-8. - Employment subject to provisions.
Section 28-3-9. - Employment of minors in hazardous places or occupations.
Section 28-3-9.1. - Employment of minors as adult entertainment performers prohibited.
Section 28-3-10. - Declaration of places or occupations as hazardous for minors.
Section 28-3-11. - Hours of work for children.
Section 28-3-11.1. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-3-12. - Posting of hours and wage rates.
Section 28-3-13. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-3-14. - Maximum continuous employment without mealtime.
Section 28-3-15. - Penalty for violation of provisions of this chapter.
Section 28-3-16, 28-3-17. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-3-18. - Enforcement of provisions — Prosecution of violations.
Section 28-3-19. - Posting of copies of law.
Section 28-3-20. - Penalty for violations generally.