· RI legislature · 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES--OVERTIME

Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.

Sponsor

Earl Read (D-RI)

Introduced

2026-02-04

Policy area

Labor and Employment

Latest action

03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study