Latino-owned businesses have increased exponentially in Rhode Island in the last 20 years.\u00a0 Here at AP&S, we think it\u2019s time to acknowledge this positive economic growth.\u00a0 So, here are some basic employment law pointers for all Rhode Island businesses, including Hispanic-owned businesses, set forth in both Spanish and English:<\/p>\n
Hiring<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 On your employment application, you may not ask if a candidate has been arrested, accused of a crime or convicted.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hours Worked<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 All hours worked have to be documented; all hours documented have to be paid for.\u00a0 In the private sector, you cannot pay with \u201ctime off.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Meal Breaks<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 If an employee has worked 6 hours, the employee gets a meal break of 20 minutes; if the employee has worked 8 hours, the break is 30 minutes.\u00a0 (But if the employee does work during the break time, then the employee must be paid.)<\/strong><\/p>\n Overtime<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 All hours over 40 have to be paid for at time and one-half.\u00a0 (You do not have to pay time and one-half for more than 8 hours worked in a day; time and one-half starts only after 40 hours worked in a workweek.)\u00a0 Also, in some industries, employees must be paid time and one-half for hours worked on Sundays.<\/strong><\/p>\n Termination of Employment<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 When employment ends, the employer must pay all wages owed and vacation time accrued by the next regular pay day.\u00a0 And it is never okay to set off amounts that may be owed back to the employer against wages due!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Latino-owned businesses have increased exponentially in Rhode Island in the last 20 years.\u00a0 Here at AP&S, we think it\u2019s time to acknowledge this positive economic growth.\u00a0 So, here are some basic employment law pointers for all Rhode Island businesses, including Hispanic-owned businesses,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,3],"tags":[2,9,12,10,11],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employees","category-employers","category-employment-law","tag-employees","tag-employers","tag-hiring","tag-overtime","tag-termination"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apslaw.com\/on-the-job\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}These statements are general in character and can depend upon the size of the employer and other factors.\u00a0 Please consult with an attorney about your own business and the federal and state laws that apply.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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