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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 28, ch. 20
- Effective
- standing
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing dutyOther
- Addressees
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Rhode Island DUT-RI
Operative words
(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.
Penalty
as quoted; compliance orders under § 28-20-16 (read, not saved) must 'fix a reasonable time for the abatement of the violations'
What it required
Civil penalties to $10,000 for each willful or repeated violation of the employer's 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's death ((e)).