Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-4. Retaliation prohibited
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It is an unlawful employment practice for any person to bar or discharge from employment or otherwise discriminate against any employee or prospective employee because the employee or prospective employee has:
(1) Made any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified, or is about to testify, in any such proceeding; or
(2) In good faith reported an assault that occurred on the premises of a hospital.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 330, § 1, effective January 15, 2022; P.L. 2021, ch. 331, § 1, effective January 15, 2022.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-4
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Hospital: means any institutional health service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Testify: Answer questions in court.