{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.28-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.28-4","heading":"Retaliation prohibited.","body":"It is an unlawful employment practice for any person to bar or discharge from employment or otherwise discriminate against any employee or prospective employee because the employee or prospective employee has:\n(1) Made 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 such proceeding; or\n(2) In good faith reported an assault that occurred on the premises of a hospital.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 17.28 Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-17.28/23-17.28-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:48Z","sha256":"93ad581aa21fe70674258dfebb7a41481e47097bdb966b70a7af37830b2e56b9","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.28-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.28-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}