Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-12. Records of employers
Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation or order issued under this chapter, shall make and keep for a period of not less than three (3) years in or about the premises where any employee is employed a record of the name, address, and occupation of each of his or her employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by the employee, and any other information that the director of labor and training shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations or orders issued under this chapter. The records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the director of labor and training or his or her authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every employer shall furnish to the director of labor and training or to his or her authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of the records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director of labor and training.
History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-12; P.L. 1992, ch. 44, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-12
- Director: means the director of labor and training, or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
- Employee: includes any individual suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
- Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person, or group of persons, acting directly, or indirectly, in the interest of an employer, in relation to an employee. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
- 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