§ 28-12-7 — § 28-12-7. Revision of regulations.

Rhode Island § 28-12-7

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations
• Ch. 28-12: Minimum Wages

Text

§ 28-12-7. Revision of regulations.

(a) The director of labor and training may, from time to time, propose modifications of or additions to any administrative regulations issued pursuant to § 28-12-6, or existing on May 2, 1956, in any mandatory wage order issued under the provisions of chapter 289 of the general laws of 1938, as amended.

(b) Notice shall be given of a public hearing to be held by the director of labor and training not less than thirty (30) days after the publication at which all persons in favor of or opposed to the modifications or additions may be heard.

(c) After the hearing, the director of labor and training may issue an order putting into effect the modifications of or additions to the administrative regulations as he or she deems appropriate; provided, that neither the director of labor and training, nor the commissioner of minimum wage, nor any advisory board set up under this chapter shall have any right, power, or authority to increase or decrease the minimum fair wage rates designated in § 28-12-3, nor to permit or authorize deductions to be made from the minimum fair wage rates, except as provided in this chapter.

Legislative History

P.L. 1956, ch. 3745, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 28-12-7.