No employer, or any person acting on behalf of the employer, shall discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against an employee or any other person for asserting, supporting, reporting, or participating in or being asked to participate in the investigation or determination of claim violation or actionable under this chapter or chapter 12 of this title.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-19.3

  • 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
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

Any person aggrieved by a violation of this section shall be entitled to relief as provided under chapter 50 of this title (“The Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act”), provided, that such action must be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued or shall be thereafter barred.

History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 306, § 4; P.L. 2012, ch. 344, § 4.