Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-5 - Fair Employment Practices

Section 28-5-1. - Short title. - § 28-5-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 28-5-2. - Legislative findings. - § 28-5-2. Legislative findings. The practice or policy of discrimination...

Section 28-5-3. - Declaration of policy. - § 28-5-3. Declaration of policy. It is declared to be...

Section 28-5-4. - Exercise of police power. - § 28-5-4. Exercise of police power. This chapter shall be...

Section 28-5-5. - Right to equal employment opportunities. - § 28-5-5. Right to equal employment opportunities. The right of...

Section 28-5-5.1 - — 28-5-5.3. [Repealed.] - § 28-5-5.1 — 28-5-5.3. [Repealed.]

Section 28-5-6. - Definitions. - § 28-5-6. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Age”...

Section 28-5-7. - Unlawful employment practices. - § 28-5-7. Unlawful employment practices. It shall be an unlawful...

Section 28-5-7.1. - Exemption of firefighter and law enforcement officer. - § 28-5-7.1. Exemption of firefighter and law enforcement officer. It...

Section 28-5-7.2. - Proof of unlawful employment practices in disparate impact cases. - § 28-5-7.2. Proof of unlawful employment practices in disparate impact...

Section 28-5-7.3. - Discriminatory practice need not be sole motivating factor. - § 28-5-7.3. Discriminatory practice need not be sole motivating factor....

Section 28-5-7.4. - Accommodation of pregnancy-related conditions. - § 28-5-7.4. Accommodation of pregnancy-related conditions. (a) It shall be...

Section 28-5-8. - Rhode Island commission for human rights — Composition. - § 28-5-8. Rhode Island commission for human rights — Composition....

Section 28-5-9. - Terms of commission members. - § 28-5-9. Terms of commission members. The five (5) commissioners...

Section 28-5-10. - Quorum of commission. - § 28-5-10. Quorum of commission. Three (3) members of the...

Section 28-5-11. - Compensation of commission members — Reappointment. - § 28-5-11. Compensation of commission members — Reappointment. Members of...

Section 28-5-12. - Removal of commission members. - § 28-5-12. Removal of commission members. Any member of the...

Section 28-5-13. - Powers and duties of commission. - § 28-5-13. Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall...

Section 28-5-14. - Educational program. - § 28-5-14. Educational program. In order to eliminate prejudice among...

Section 28-5-15. - Acceptance of contributions — Cooperation of private agencies. - § 28-5-15. Acceptance of contributions — Cooperation of private agencies....

Section 28-5-16. - Power to prevent unlawful practices — Preference for informal methods. - § 28-5-16. Power to prevent unlawful practices — Preference for...

Section 28-5-17. - Conciliation of charges of unlawful practices. - § 28-5-17. Conciliation of charges of unlawful practices. (a) Upon...

Section 28-5-18. - Complaint and notice of hearing. - § 28-5-18. Complaint and notice of hearing. (a) If the...

Section 28-5-19. - Amendment of complaint and answer — Participation by commissioner assigned to preliminary hearing. - § 28-5-19. Amendment of complaint and answer — Participation by...

Section 28-5-20. - Answer to complaint — Respondent’s rights at hearing. - § 28-5-20. Answer to complaint — Respondent’s rights at hearing....

Section 28-5-20.1. - Proceedings before other state administrative agencies. - § 28-5-20.1. Proceedings before other state administrative agencies. (a) The...

Section 28-5-21. - Rules of evidence. - § 28-5-21. Rules of evidence. In any proceeding pursuant to...

Section 28-5-22. - Evidence of predetermined pattern. - § 28-5-22. Evidence of predetermined pattern. The commission shall, in...

Section 28-5-23. - Testimony at hearing. - § 28-5-23. Testimony at hearing. The testimony taken at the...

Section 28-5-24. - Injunctive and other remedies — Compliance. - § 28-5-24. Injunctive and other remedies — Compliance. (a)(1) If...

Section 28-5-24.1. - Proceedings in superior court. - § 28-5-24.1. Proceedings in superior court. (a) A complainant may...

Section 28-5-25. - Order dismissing complaint. - § 28-5-25. Order dismissing complaint. If the commission finds that...

Section 28-5-26. - Modification of findings or orders. - § 28-5-26. Modification of findings or orders. Until a transcript...

Section 28-5-27. - [Repealed.] - § 28-5-27. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1949, ch. 2181, §...

Section 28-5-28. - Right to judicial review or enforcement. - § 28-5-28. Right to judicial review or enforcement. Any complainant,...

Section 28-5-29. - Initiation of judicial proceedings — Powers of court. - § 28-5-29. Initiation of judicial proceedings — Powers of court....

Section 28-5-29.1. - Punitive damages. - § 28-5-29.1. Punitive damages. In addition to the remedies provided...

Section 28-5-30. - Objections not urged before commission. - § 28-5-30. Objections not urged before commission. An objection that...

Section 28-5-31. - Additional evidence in court. - § 28-5-31. Additional evidence in court. If either party applies...

Section 28-5-32. - Modification of commission’s findings and orders on additional evidence. - § 28-5-32. Modification of commission’s findings and orders on additional...

Section 28-5-33. - Exclusive jurisdiction of court — Appeal to supreme court. - § 28-5-33. Exclusive jurisdiction of court — Appeal to supreme...

Section 28-5-34. - Commission’s copy of testimony — Hearing on transcript. - § 28-5-34. Commission’s copy of testimony — Hearing on transcript....

Section 28-5-35. - Commission’s attorneys. - § 28-5-35. Commission’s attorneys. The commission may appear in court...

Section 28-5-36. - Decree for enforcement of commission’s order. - § 28-5-36. Decree for enforcement of commission’s order. If no...

Section 28-5-37. - Posting of statutory provisions. - § 28-5-37. Posting of statutory provisions. Every employer, employment agency,...

Section 28-5-38. - Liberal construction. - § 28-5-38. Liberal construction. (a) The provisions of this chapter...

Section 28-5-39. - Severability. - § 28-5-39. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part...

Section 28-5-40. - Affirmative action report. - § 28-5-40. Affirmative action report. (a) On February 1 of...

Section 28-5-41. - Right to fair employment practices. - § 28-5-41. Right to fair employment practices. Whenever in this...

Section 28-5-41.1. - Right to fair employment practices — Gender identity or expression. - § 28-5-41.1. Right to fair employment practices — Gender identity...

Section 28-5-42. - Receipt of assistance — No estoppel effect. - § 28-5-42. Receipt of assistance — No estoppel effect. The...

Section 28-5-43. - [Repealed.] - § 28-5-43. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 2015, ch. 244, §...