Rhode Island Minimum Wage Poster Mandatory

Attention 
MINIMUM WAGE - RHODE ISLAND
Employees	
Effective January 1, 2023	
THIS LAW PROVIDES.....
HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE FOR ALL  EMPLOYEES	 	
EXCEPT: Full time students under 19 years of age working in	
a non-profit religious, educational, librarial or 
community services organization.
Minors 14 and 15 years of age working
not more than 24 hours in a week
Employees receiving gratuities 	(as of Jan. 1, 2017)	:   $	
13.00	 
as of 1/1/23
$	
11.70	 
 (90% of Minimum  W	
age) 
$	
9.75
 	
(75% of Minimum  W	
age) 
 $3.89 OVERTIME 
PAY - At least 1 1/2 times your 
regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 
40 in any one work week.  Note: The law 
contains exemptions from the minimum wage  and/or overtime pay requirements for certain 
occupations or establishments.
MANDATORY NURSE OVERTIME  -

Pursuant to RI Law §23-17.20-1 et. seq., a hospital 
may not require certain nurses and certified nurse 
assistants to work overtime except in an 
unforeseeable emergent circumstance

MINIMUM SHIFT  HOURS
 - Employees 
requested or permitted to report for duty at the 
beginning of a work shift must be provided with 3 
hours work or 3 hours wages. Retail establishment 
employees must be provided with 4 hours work on 
Sundays and Holidays.

CHILD LABOR
  - Employees must be at least 16 
years old to work in most nonfarm jobs and 18 to 
work in nonfarm jobs declared hazardous by the 
U.S. Secretary of Labor . Y ouths 14 and 15 may 
work, with a special permit issued by local school 
officials, in various jobs outside school hours 
under certain conditions. Different rules apply to 
agriculture employment.
	
ENFORCEMENT -  The Rhode Island Dept.
of Labor and Training (DLT) may bring 
criminal action against any employer who 
pays substandard wages to an employee and 
seek, upon conviction, a penalty up to $500.00 
and/or imprisonment of up to 90 days. Each 
week an employer fails to pay the applicable 
minimum wage constitutes a separate violation.
Any employer who hinders or delays the DLT 
Director or authorized representative in the 
performance of duties in the enforcement of 
the law; refuses to admit the Director or said 
representative to any place of employment; 
fails to make, keep, and preserve, any records 
as required; falsifies any such record; refuses 
to make such record accessible to the Director 
or said representative upon demand; or refuses 
to furnish a sworn statement of such record or 
any other information needed for the proper 
enforcement of this law, shall be deemed in 
violation and subject to a fine of up to $500. 
Each day such violation occurs constitutes a 
separate offense.  
THE LAW REQUIRES EMPLOYERS 
TO DISPLAY THIS POSTER WHERE 
EMPLOYEES CAN READILY SEE IT.	
For more information on the Rhode Island Minimum Wage Law  
Call  (401) 462-WAGE (9243) or visit www.dlt.ri.gov/ls  
Labor Standards Unit  
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training	
DLT - L - 58 (Rev.1/19)	DLT is an equal opportunity employer/program, auxiliary aids and services are available on request to individuals with disabilities.  TTY via RI Relay 711