Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-21-7 (2026)
Failure to allow proper seniority
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Anyone knowingly violating any provision of §§ 30-21-2 — 30-21-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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case, 1990–1990 · leading case: Patty v. New England Tel. & Tel. Co., 745 F. Supp. 806 (D.R.I. 1990).
Patty v. New England Tel. & Tel. Co., 745 F. Supp. 806 (D.R.I. 1990). ““Plaintiffs submit that the State’s failure to enforce Sections 30-21-3 and 30-22-3 via the mechanism provided in Section 30-21-7, encouraged the defendant employers to neglect to provide or to refuse to provide those perquisites of seniority without fear of prosecution.”
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