§ 28-6-21 - Penalty for violations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-6-21

   § 28-6-21  Penalty for violations. –Any employer who violates any provision of §§ 28-6-17 – 28-6-21,or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employeebecause the employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, thedirector of labor and training, or any other person, or instituted or caused tobe instituted any proceeding under or related to §§ 28-6-17 –28-6-21, or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding, shall, uponconviction, be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200)or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine andimprisonment.