· RI legislature · 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION

Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.

Sponsor

Earl Read (D-RI)

Introduced

2026-01-14

Policy area

Labor and Employment

Latest action

01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor