§ 28-6-18 - Wage differentials based on sex prohibited. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-6-18

   § 28-6-18  Wage differentials based on sexprohibited. – (a) No employer shall discriminate in the payment of wages as between the sexesor shall pay any female in his or her employ salary or wage rates less than therates paid to male employees for equal work or work on the same operations.

   (b) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit avariation in rates of pay based upon either difference in:

   (1) Seniority, experience, training, skill, or ability;

   (2) Duties and services performed, either regularly oroccasionally;

   (3) The shift or time of day worked; or

   (4) Availability for other operations or any other reasonabledifferentiation except difference in sex.

   (c) Except as provided in this section, any provision in anycontract, agreement, or understanding entered into after passage of this actestablishing a variation in rates of pay as between the sexes, shall be nulland void.