2025 Regular SessionRhode Island Legislature

S0589: Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.

Legislative Summary

LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- OVERTIME - Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.

Bill History

2/26/2025
Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
Senate
4/4/2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
Senate
4/9/2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/26/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Labor and Gaming(Senate)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/26/202586.6 KB