{"id":"DUT-RI-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island General Assembly","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 28, ch. 20","instrument":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-20-18","title":"Penalties","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"(a) Any employer who or that willfully or repeatedly violates the requirements of § 28-20-8, any code, rule, or order promulgated pursuant to § 28-20-24, or regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.","enforcement":"as quoted; compliance orders under § 28-20-16 (read, not saved) must \u0027fix a reasonable time for the abatement of the violations\u0027","functions":[],"notes":"Civil penalties to $10,000 for each willful or repeated violation of the employer\u0027s duty, a mandatory penalty to $1,000 for each serious violation cited in a compliance order ((b)), to $1,000 for each day a cited violation continues unabated ((d)), and criminal penalties to $10,000 and one year for a willful violation causing an employee\u0027s death ((e)).","sourceUrl":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-20/28-20-18.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250223155730/https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-20/28-20-18.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":74857,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-013","citation":"Rhode Island General Assembly, R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-20-18 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-013)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-012","DUT-RI-015"]}