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Small-business exemption for Sunday/holiday premium pay draws split testimony
Summary
House Bill 5944 would exempt employers with fewer than 15 employees from required Sunday/holiday premium pay under specified conditions. Business groups urged the change as relief for small firms; unions opposed the shift and warned it would remove premium pay for some workers under the bill as drafted.
Representative Casey presented House Bill 5944, which would change the definition of “employer” so that businesses with fewer than 15 employees would be exempt from paying Sunday/holiday premium pay when Sunday work is part of an employee’s regular schedule. Casey said the measure is intended to make it more feasible for very small local businesses to open on Sundays or holidays in the face of rising costs.
Melissa Travis of the Rhode Island…
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