§ 25-3-3 - Work on Sundays or holidays.
SECTION 25-3-3
§ 25-3-3 Work on Sundays or holidays.– (a) Work performed by employees on Sundays and holidays must be paid for atleast one and one-half (1 1/2) times the normal rate of pay for the workperformed; provided: (1) that it is not grounds for discharge or other penaltyupon any employee for refusing to work upon any Sunday or holiday enumerated inthis chapter; (2) any manufacturer which operates for seven (7) continuous daysper week is exempt from the requirement of subdivision (1).
(b) Any manufacturer of wall-covering products which operatesfor seven (7) continuous days per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day, and hascomplied with the provisions of subsection (a) is exempt from the requirementthat the work be voluntary on Sundays as provided in subsection (a); provided,that the manufacturer increases employment by at least ten percent (10%),within one year of its conversion to continuous operation from non-continuousoperation.
(c) Any manufacturer that operates three (3) shifts, orbegins its work week on Sundays, may begin the shift or start the work week at11:00 P.M. on Sunday and not be required to pay its employees one and one-half(1 1/2) times the normal rate of pay during the one hour period between 11:00P.M. Sunday and 12 midnight.
(d) Any and all employees of a chauffeur driven limousine ortaxi cab company that operates seven (7) continuous days per week, twenty-four(24) hours per day are exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) hereof.
(e) Any car rental company which operates a car rental agencyat T.F. Green Airport and is required pursuant to its lease agreement with theRhode Island Airport Corporation to operate on Sundays and/or holidays isexempt from the provisions of subsection (a) hereof with respect to workperformed at its T.F. Green Airport location.