§ 9-9-28. Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits.
No employer doing business within the state of Rhode Island or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the state of Rhode Island shall cause any of its employees to suffer the loss of the employee’s position, wage increases, promotions, longevity benefit, or any other emolument due to the employer-employee relationship because the employee has been called to serve jury duty; provided, however, that no employer, in the absence of a contract or collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, shall be responsible to pay to the employee any compensation for the period of the jury duty. In addition to all civil rights available to the employee because of this section, a violation of this section upon conviction shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.
History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 186, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-9-1.1. - Qualifications of jurors.
Section 9-9-1.2. - Interpreters or readers for jury service.
Section 9-9-2. - Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited.
Section 9-9-3. - Persons exempt from service.
Section 9-9-5. - Jury commissioner — Term — Appointment and removal.
Section 9-9-6. - Vacancies in office of jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-7. - Assistants and expenses of office.
Section 9-9-8 - — 9-9-14. Repealed.
Section 9-9-14.1. - Selection of jurors by use of electronic data processing equipment.
Section 9-9-14.2. - Time of selections.
Section 9-9-15 - — 9-9-21. Repealed.
Section 9-9-22. - Period during which names drawn are liable to service as jurors.
Section 9-9-23. - Investigation of names drawn — Lists of persons well qualified to serve.
Section 9-9-24. - Appeals from jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-25. - Application to pending proceedings.
Section 9-9-26. - Appropriations — Expenses.
Section 9-9-27. - Retention of jury lists.
Section 9-9-28. - Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits.