(a)  Any interested person in any occupation for which any wage order or any administrative regulation has been issued under the provisions of this chapter who may be aggrieved by any order or regulation may obtain the review of the order or regulation in the superior court for Providence and Bristol counties by filing in the court within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the order or regulation a written petition praying that the order or regulation be modified or set aside. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the director of labor and training. The findings of facts shall be conclusive upon the court. The court shall determine whether the order or regulation is in accordance with law.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-8

  • Director: means the director of labor and training, or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Occupation: means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which individuals are gainfully employed. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Wage: means compensation due to an employee by reason of his or her employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2

(b)  Hearings in the superior court on all appeals taken under the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all matters, except matters of the same character. The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final except that the judgment and decree shall be subject to review by the supreme court.

(c)  The commencement of proceedings under subsection (a) of this section shall not operate as a stay of a wage order or of an administrative regulation issued under the provisions of this chapter.

History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-8.