USA: New Rhode Island law will make ‘wage theft’ a felony

With effect from 1st January 2024, Rhode Island employers which knowingly and wilfully fail to pay an employee more than $1,500 in wages when falling due could face up to three years in prison and ordered to pay a fine, back pay, attorney fees and interest on unpaid wages at a rate of 12% pa …

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