Local legislators invite community members to share input on new legislation providing earned sick leave at the Teamsters Union Hall, 121 Brightridge Ave., East Providence, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 6 …
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Local legislators invite community members to share input on new legislation providing earned sick leave at the Teamsters Union Hall, 121 Brightridge Ave., East Providence, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m.
Information on the recently passed Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act will be presented with community members able to weigh in on the regulations-drafting process leading up to the law’s implementation. The new legislation claims to benefit more than 100,000 employees in the state as well as protecting all workers from retaliation for taking time off to care for themselves or a loved one. It was cosponsored by most members of East Providence’s House delegation, including Representative Gregg Amore and Representative Katherine Kazarian, who will be in attendance Tuesday.
Starting in July of 2018, workers can take up to three earned sick days, phasing up to four days in 2019, and finally five days starting on January 1, 2020. Workers in businesses with 17 or fewer employees can take the same number of unpaid sick days each year without fear of being fired.
The bill also allows workers to earn time to use as “safe time” for those escaping domestic violence. Ninety percent of Rhode Island workers will now have access to paid sick days. In addition, another 44,000 workers can take unpaid sick days.