RI Regs Keep Household Member Definition in Paid Sick Leave Law

Rhode Island businesses and trade groups seeking tweaks to the state’s new paid sick and safe leave law—particularly to the definition of covered household members—were rebuffed by state labor officials.

The law beginning July 1 will require employers in the state with 18 or more employees to offer 24 hours of paid sick and safety leave in 2018. Employees will receive 32 hours of the leave in 2019 and 40 hours in 2020 and subsequent years. Under the law, employees can use the paid leave for illness or domestic violence issues, or to deal with the illness or domestic violence ...