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Download Now Rhode Island law exempts anyone employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity earning a salary of at least $200 per week from state overtime pay requirements. The law specifically incorporates the definitions of these terms that are in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (RI Gen. Laws Sec. 28-12-4.3). This means that the duties tests for determining whether an employee is exempt from overtime as an executive, administrative, or professional employee are set by federal regulations. Because the duties test is the same under Rhode Island and federal law but the salary level requirement is less in Rhode Island, the determination of whether an employee is exempt for businesses subject to federal or both state and federal law is based on the federal regulations. The federal salary threshold is $455 per week.
Healthcare facilities may not require nurses who are paid hourly to work in excess of an agreed-on, predetermined scheduled work shift of 8, 10, or 12 hours. There is an ...