Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-12. Employment records
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of hours worked and wages paid each pay period to each employee in any form that may be prescribed by the director. The employer shall keep the records on file for at least three (3) years after the entry of the record.
History of Section.
P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 28-14-12; P.L. 1989, ch. 121, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-12
- Director: means the director of the department of labor and training or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Employee: means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, except that independent contractors or subcontractors shall not be considered employees. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Employer: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, receiver, or other like officer appointed by a court of this state, and any agent or officer of any of the previously mentioned classes, employing any person in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Wages: means all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculating the amount. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1