§ 37-13-10. Overtime compensation.
Labor performed under the provisions of §§ 37-13-1 — 37-13-16, during the period of forty (40) hours in any one week and during the period of eight (8) hours in any one day, shall be considered a legal week’s work or a legal day’s work, as the case may be, and any number of hours of employment in any one week greater than the number of forty (40) hours or in any one day greater than the number of eight (8) hours shall be compensated at the prevailing rate of wages for overtime employment; provided, however, when the director of labor and training has determined in the investigation provided for in §§ 37-13-7 and 37-13-8 that there is a prevailing practice in a city, town, or other appropriate political subdivision to pay an overtime rate of wages for work of any craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to execute the work other than hours worked in any one week greater than the number of forty (40) or in hours worked in any one day greater than the number of eight (8), then the prevailing practice shall determine the legal workday and the legal workweek in the city or town for the work and the prevailing rate of overtime wages shall be paid for such work in excess of that legal workday or week, as the case may be.
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 6; P.L. 1946, ch. 1810, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 15; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-9; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-10; P.L. 1974, ch. 237, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 37 - Public Property and Works
Chapter 37-13 - Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors
Section 37-13-1. - Definitions.
Section 37-13-2. - “Contractor” defined — Information required.
Section 37-13-3. - Contractors subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees.
Section 37-13-3.1. - State public works contract apprenticeship requirements.
Section 37-13-3.2. - Entities subject to provisions — Weekly payment of employees.
Section 37-13-4. - Provisions applicable to public works contracts — Lists of subcontractors.
Section 37-13-5. - Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.
Section 37-13-7. - Specification in contract of amount and frequency of payment of wages.
Section 37-13-8. - Investigation and determination of prevailing wages — Filing of schedule.
Section 37-13-9. - Statutory provisions included in contracts.
Section 37-13-10. - Overtime compensation.
Section 37-13-11. - Posting of prevailing wage rates.
Section 37-13-12. - Wage records of contractors and vendors.
Section 37-13-12.1. - Obstruction of enforcement.
Section 37-13-12.2. - Subpoena powers.
Section 37-13-12.3. - Compelling obedience to subpoenas.
Section 37-13-12.4. - Penalty for violations.
Section 37-13-13. - Furnishing payroll record to the awarding authority.
Section 37-13-14. - Contractor’s bond.
Section 37-13-14.1. - Enforcement — Hearings.
Section 37-13-16. - Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages — Completion of work.
Section 37-13-17. - Private right of action to collect wages or benefits.