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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.28-4

Retaliation prohibited

Known as the Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act

The act spans §§ 23-17.28-1 to 23-17.28-6 (6 sections).

P.L. 2021, ch. 330, § 1, effective January 15, 2022; P.L. 2021, ch. 331, § 1, effective January 15, 2022.

It is an unlawful employment practice for any person to bar or discharge from employment or otherwise discriminate against any employee or prospective employee because the employee or prospective employee has:

(1) Made any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified, or is about to testify, in any such proceeding; or

(2) In good faith reported an assault that occurred on the premises of a hospital.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.