Rhode Island § 5-7-3 - Employment Agencies
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§ 5-7-3. Employment Agencies
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-7-3
§ 5-7-3. Bond for payroll and other taxes.
It is unlawful for anyone to establish or keep an intelligence or employment office pursuant to this chapter without giving a bond to the department of administration’s division of taxation in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) with surety for payroll and other taxes. Any temporary employment service, defined for the purposes of this chapter as an organization that hires its own employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the client’s work force in work situations including, but not limited to, employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments and projects, that have been certified by the division of taxation for at least two (2) years as of July 8, 1997, shall be exempt from the bonding requirements of this section. The provisions of this section only apply to those employment service organizations that generate a payroll, and do not apply to so called “permanent” employment agencies.
History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 380, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-7-3 ("Employment Agencies") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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