SB 2498

Rhode Island Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: June 5, 2026.

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES.

Bill ID RI-2026-SB-2498

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Senate in_committee 2026-06-05

Labor / Employment

Summary

Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.

Sponsor

Burke

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-02-06	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-06-05	Status	in_committee
2026-06-05	Latest Action	Referred to House Labor

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