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Leyes de Denunciantes de Rhode Island: Protecciones y Cómo Denunciar

Por Equipo Editorial de Recording LawRevisado 20 de agosto de 202614 min de lectura
Leyes de Denunciantes de Rhode Island: Protecciones y Cómo Denunciar

Preguntas frecuentes

¿La Ley de Protección al Denunciante de Rhode Island protege a los solicitantes de empleo?

Sí. Una enmienda de 2021 amplió la RIWPA para cubrir a los solicitantes y futuros empleados además de los empleados actuales. Esto significa que una empresa no puede negarse a contratar a alguien en represalia por actividad previa de denuncia.

¿Qué daños puede recuperar un denunciante en Rhode Island?

Bajo la RIWPA, los denunciantes pueden recuperar daños triplicados, reparación por mandato judicial, reincorporación, salarios atrasados, beneficios complementarios, derechos de antigüedad y costos de litigio, incluyendo honorarios de abogado. La disposición de daños triplicados fue agregada por una enmienda de 2021.

¿Cuánto tiempo tengo para presentar una reclamación por represalias contra denunciantes en Rhode Island?

El plazo depende del estatuto. Bajo la RIWPA, tiene tres años desde la acción de represalia. Para reclamaciones de discriminación presentadas ante la RICHR, el plazo es de un año. Para quejas de seguridad ocupacional, tiene solo 30 días. Para represalias relacionadas con sustancias peligrosas, el plazo es de 180 días o 90 días desde que se enteró de la represalia.

¿Puedo presentar una demanda qui tam en Rhode Island?

Sí. La Ley de Reclamos Falsos de Rhode Island (Leyes Generales de R.I. § 9-1.1) permite a las personas privadas presentar demandas qui tam en nombre del estado contra entidades que defraudan al gobierno. Los denunciantes exitosos pueden recibir entre el 15% y el 30% del monto recuperado.

¿Me pueden despedir por denunciar a mi empleador si mi jefe amenaza con reportar mi estatus migratorio?

No. Una enmienda de 2021 a la RIWPA prohíbe específicamente que los empleadores reporten o amenacen con reportar el estatus migratorio de un empleado a las autoridades federales de inmigración como forma de represalia por actividad de denuncia.

Actualizaciones

Added independent contractors and contract employees to the list of workers the RIWPA protects (they are explicitly named in the current statute), and fixed 9 dead citation URLs plus 8 broken in-body statute links that used a retired Rhode Island legislature domain and were redirecting to a generic index page instead of the cited section.

Corrected the RIWPA's fourth protected category to internal reports to the employer/supervisor (not "providing evidence"), fixed the R.I. Gen. Laws 28-6-21 wage-discrimination retaliation penalty from a fabricated $200 fine/6-month jail term to the statute's actual tiered $1,000/$2,500/$5,000 civil penalty with no imprisonment, and broadened the Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act protection to the statute's full protected group (guardians, family members, residents, and volunteers, not just employees/officers).

La ley detrás de este artículo

Este artículo se apoya en 8 disposiciones legales conservadas en nuestro propio registro jurídico, cada una obtenida de la fuente oficial. Toque una sección para leer el texto vigente.

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 23: Health and Safety, Chapter 23-1.1: Division of Occupational Health

§ 23-1.1-14Discrimination on account of complaintVigente
(a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because that employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding or because of the exercise by that employee on behalf of himself or herself or others of any right afforded by this chapter. (b) Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any employer in violation of this section may, within thirty (30) days after a violation occurs, file a written complaint with the director of labor and training alleging discrimination. Upon receipt of a complaint, the director of labor and training shall cause an investigation to be made as he or she deems appropriate. If upon that investigation, the director of labor and training determines that the provisions of this section have been violated, and the employer fails or refuses to take remedial action as ordered by the director of labor and training, the director of labor and training shall then bring an action in any superior court against that person.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-12: Minimum Wages

§ 28-12-16Discrimination against employees invoking provisionsVigente
Any employer who or that discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, to the director of labor and training, or to his or her authorized representative because: (1) He or she has not been paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) The employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter; (3) The employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding; or (4) The employee has served, or is about to serve, on a wage board, shall be deemed in violation of this chapter, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-20: Division of Occupational Safety

§ 28-20-21Discrimination on account of complaintVigente
(a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding; or because of the exercise by that employee on behalf of himself or herself or others of any right afforded by this chapter. (b) Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of this section may, within thirty (30) days after the violation occurs, file a written complaint with the director alleging the discrimination. Upon receipt of the complaint, the director shall cause any investigation to be made that he or she deems appropriate. If upon the investigation the director determines that the provisions of this section have been violated and the employer fails or refuses to take remedial action ordered by the director, he or she shall then bring an action in any superior court against that person.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-21: Hazardous Substances Right-To-Know Act

§ 28-21-8Employee rightsVigente
The following rights are guaranteed to employees: (1) Refusing to work. If an employee has requested from his or her employer information about a designated substance or mixture, either in the form of material safety data sheets or the chemical identification list as defined in § 28-21-1, and has not received this information from the employer within three (3) working days of the date of the request, not including weekends or holidays, the employee may then refuse to work with or be exposed to the designated substance or mixture. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, if the employer has invoked and complied with the procedures set forth in § 28-21-3(c), the time period of three (3) working days, not including weekends or holidays, shall be extended to equal any time period provided to the manufacturer or employer under § 28-21-3(c), or until the information has been received by the employer, whichever is sooner. (2) Discipline, discrimination prohibited.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-5: Fair Employment Practices

§ 28-5-7Unlawful employment practicesVigentecitada en 2 de nuestros artículos
It shall be an unlawful employment practice: (1) For any employer: (i) To refuse to hire any applicant for employment because of his or her race or color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin; (ii) Because of those reasons, to discharge an employee or discriminate against him or her with respect to hire, tenure, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, or any other matter directly or indirectly related to employment.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Citada en 37 opiniones judiciales1980s: 51990s: 82000s: 82010s: 72020s: 9Aplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2026

Casos destacados: Gregory v. Ri Commission for Human (Superior Court of Rhode Island 2011) · Beverly Ruth D'Aprile v. Fleet Services Corp. (Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1996, 92 F.3d 1) · Ferro v. Rhode Island Department of Transportation ex rel. Lewis (District Court, D. Rhode Island 2014, 2 F. Supp. 3d 150)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-50: The Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act

§ 28-50-3ProtectionVigente
An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment nor shall an employer report or threaten to report an employee’s immigration status to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or any other immigration agency or law enforcement agency including local and state police: (1) Because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report to a public body, verbally or in writing, a violation, that the employee knows or reasonably believes has occurred or is about to occur, of a law or regulation or rule promulgated under the law of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States, unless the employee knows or has reason to know that the report is false; or (2) Because an employee is requested by a public body to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry held by that public body, or a court action; or (3) Because an employee refuses to violate or assist in violating federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation; or (4) Because the employee reports verbally or in writing to the…

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Citada en 17 opiniones judiciales1990s: 32000s: 12010s: 52020s: 8Aplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2026

Casos destacados: Senra v. Town of Smithfield (Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 2013, 715 F.3d 34) · Malone v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 2010, 610 F.3d 16) · Stephen R. Marques v. Kevin J. Fitzgerald (Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1996, 99 F.3d 1)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-6: Wage Discrimination Based on Sex

§ 28-6-21Penalty for violationsVigente
(a) In addition to any other relief to which any aggrieved party may be entitled for such a violation, an employer who violates § 28-6-18 or § 28-6-22 may be liable for a civil penalty to be paid to the department of labor and training. That penalty shall be set within the following ranges: (1) Up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a first violation; (2) Up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a violation where the employer has had one violation of § 28-6-18 or § 28-6-22 within the five (5) years prior to the complaint or action being filed; or (3) Up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a violation where the employer has had two (2) or more violations of § 28-6-18 or § 28-6-22 within the seven (7) years prior to the complaint or action being filed. (b) In determining the amount of any penalty imposed under this section, the director or the court shall consider the size of the employer’s business; the good faith of the employer; the gravity of the violation; the history of previous violations; and whether or not the violation was an innocent mistake or willful.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Rhode Island General Laws, Title 42: State Affairs and Government, Chapter 42-66.7: Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995

§ 42-66.7-8Retaliation prohibitedVigente
No discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action shall be taken against any officer or employee of a facility by the facility; nor against any guardian or family member of any resident; nor against any resident of the facility; nor against any volunteer for any communication by him or her with the long-term care ombudsperson or for any information given or disclosed by him or her in good faith to aid the long-term care ombudsperson in carrying out the ombudsperson's duties and responsibilities.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-07-30 · Lea la sección completa en webserver.rilegislature.gov

Explore la ley

Este artículo también se apoya en estas leyes y capítulos (abriendo en su primera sección): Rhode Island General Laws, Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations, Chapter 28-50: The Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act § 28-50-1 (Short title) · Rhode Island General Laws, Title 9: Courts and Civil Procedure § 9-1.1-1 (Name of act)

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Fuentes y referencias

  1. Ley de Protección al Denunciante de Rhode Island (Capítulo 28-50 de las Leyes Generales de R.I.)(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  2. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-50-3 - Actos Prohibidos al Empleador(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  3. Ley Estatal de Reclamos Falsos de Rhode Island (Capítulo 9-1.1 de las Leyes Generales de R.I.)(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  4. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-21-8 - Derecho a Saber sobre Sustancias Peligrosas(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  5. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-5-7 - Ley de Prácticas Laborales Justas(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  6. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-20-21 - Protecciones de Seguridad Ocupacional(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  7. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-12-16 - Protecciones Contra Represalias por Salario Mínimo(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  8. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 28-6-21 - Discriminación Salarial Basada en el Sexo(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  9. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 42-66.7-8 - Ley del Defensor del Pueblo para el Cuidado a Largo Plazo(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
  10. Leyes Generales de R.I. § 23-1.1-14 - Protecciones de Salud y Seguridad(webserver.rilegislature.gov).gov
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