Rhode Island § 28-7.1-1 § 28-7.1-1. Payments — Penalty.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 28-7.1-1 — § 28-7.1-1. Payments — Penalty.

Rhode Island § 28-7.1-1

Title 28Labor and Labor Relations

Ch. 28-7.1Health and Welfare Funds, Pension Plans

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-7.1-1 (2026).

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§ 28-7.1-1. Payments — Penalty.
Whenever any employer has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor
            organization or association of employees providing for payments to a health or welfare
            fund or pension fund, or other plan for the benefit of employees, it shall be unlawful
            for the employer to fail to make the payments required by the terms of the agreement.
            Further, any employer who willfully fails to make payments within sixty (60) days
            after they become due and payable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
            shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred
            dollars ($500) 

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§ 28-7.1-1. Payments — Penalty.

Whenever any employer has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization or association of employees providing for payments to a health or welfare fund or pension fund, or other plan for the benefit of employees, it shall be unlawful for the employer to fail to make the payments required by the terms of the agreement. Further, any employer who willfully fails to make payments within sixty (60) days after they become due and payable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, and/or imprisoned not exceeding one year for each offense.