Governor Raimondo Declaration of a State of Emergency due to COVID-19 and Implications for R.I. Employers
On March 9, 2020, Rhode Island Governor, Gina Raimondo, declared a state of emergency in response to the onset of… Read More
Category: Employment Law
NLRB Upholds Employer’s Confidentiality and Media Contact Rule; Can Your Rules Withstand This Clarified Test?
Recently, on October 10, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held, in LA Specialty Produce Co., 368 NLRB No.… Read More
New Paid Family and Medical Leave Coming to Massachusetts
Beginning in January, 2021 most workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid family… Read More
Noncompetes with Massachusetts Employees: Subsidizing a Former Employee’s “Garden Leave”
Effective October 1, 2018, employers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other states seeking to hold Massachusetts employees to non-compete agreements… Read More
Department of Labor Proposed Rule Change Raises Salary Level For Exempt Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “D.O.L.”) announced on Friday, March 7, 2019, that it will be reviewing the salary… Read More
New Rhode Island Paid Sick and Safe Leave Act to Take Effect July 1, 2018
The new Rhode Island Healthy and Safe Families Workplaces Act (“Paid Sick and Safe Leave Act”) takes effect on July… Read More
Paid Sick and Safe Leave in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has recently joined seven (7) states, including neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut, in enacting a paid “sick and safe”… Read More
Dreamers In The Workplace: Termination Of The DACA Program
Rhode Island employers may well have “dreamers” in the workplace – workers who entered the United States before the age… Read More
Employers: Do You Know? The Not-So-Basic Basics of Labor & Employment Law
Latino-owned businesses have increased exponentially in Rhode Island in the last 20 years. Here at AP&S, we think it’s time… Read More
Bill Prohibiting Employers from Making Inquiries into Applicants’ Wage and Salary History Introduced in Rhode Island General Assembly
On April 13, 2017, Representatives Perez (D-Dist. 13 Providence-Johnston), McKiernan (D-Dist. 7 Providence), Almeida (D-Dist. 12 Providence), Williams (D-Dist. 9… Read More
