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Mar 12, 2021
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Legal Immunity for Sex Workers (H 5467)

By granting legal immunity to individuals engaged in commercial sexual activity who report a crime that they are either a victim of or witness to, this legislation would create more comprehensive occupational safety for sex workers.
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Mar 01, 2021
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Domestic Worker Minimum Wage (H 5263, S 323)

Rhode Island’s current minimum wage law contains an exemption for “domestic service” workers, a group of employees comprised largely of women, BIPOC individuals, and immigrants; we supported a piece of legislation which would include such workers under the minimum wage requirements.
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Mar 01, 2021
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Worker’s Compensation and Intoxication (H 5473)

We opposed legislation that would create a presumption of intoxication if a person is injured or dies on the job and is found, through a blood test, to have alcohol, an unlawfully prescribed drug, or a prescribed drug that has not been used properly in their system.
Legislation
Feb 16, 2021
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Fair Employment Practices (H 5262, H 5266)

Critical proposed changes to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act were introduced in two separate pieces of legislation this year and would make individual employee-supervisors, and not just the company employing them, subject to personal liability for their own acts of discrimination.
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Mar 12, 2021
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Legislation
Mar 12, 2021
  • Workers’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Legal Immunity for Sex Workers (H 5467)

By granting legal immunity to individuals engaged in commercial sexual activity who report a crime that they are either a victim of or witness to, this legislation would create more comprehensive occupational safety for sex workers.
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Mar 01, 2021
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Mar 01, 2021
  • Gender Equality|
  • +1 Issue

Domestic Worker Minimum Wage (H 5263, S 323)

Rhode Island’s current minimum wage law contains an exemption for “domestic service” workers, a group of employees comprised largely of women, BIPOC individuals, and immigrants; we supported a piece of legislation which would include such workers under the minimum wage requirements.
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Mar 01, 2021
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Mar 01, 2021
  • Workers’ Rights

Worker’s Compensation and Intoxication (H 5473)

We opposed legislation that would create a presumption of intoxication if a person is injured or dies on the job and is found, through a blood test, to have alcohol, an unlawfully prescribed drug, or a prescribed drug that has not been used properly in their system.
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Feb 16, 2021
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Feb 16, 2021
  • Workers’ Rights

Fair Employment Practices (H 5262, H 5266)

Critical proposed changes to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act were introduced in two separate pieces of legislation this year and would make individual employee-supervisors, and not just the company employing them, subject to personal liability for their own acts of discrimination.
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