§ 28-14-3.1 - Payroll deductions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-14-3.1

   § 28-14-3.1  Payroll deductions. – (a) Subject to any provisions of the general laws or the public laws to thecontrary, whenever any employer provides for a payroll deduction for anypurpose, the employer shall transfer those funds deducted to the appropriateperson, agency, partnership, or corporation entitled to the money deducted,within twenty-one (21) days following the last day of the month in which thededuction is made, except if the person, agency, partnership, or corporationentitled to money deducted permits otherwise in writing.

   (b) Any employer who violates the provisions of this sectionshall be liable to an employee in a civil action brought by the employee forany loss sustained by the employee as a result of a violation.

   (c) In addition to the penalty provided by subsection (b) ofthis section, any employer who fails, intentionally, or who fails after writtennotification by the employee or by the collective bargaining representative ofthe employee, to transfer funds as required by subsection (a) of this sectionwithin thirty (30) days following the last day of the month in which thededuction is made, shall be liable for an additional penalty in the amount offifty dollars ($50.00) for each day beyond the thirty (30) day period duringwhich he or she fails to transfer the funds. This additional penalty shall bepayable to the employee from whose wages the funds were deducted.