Current through December 3, 2024
Section 260-RICR-30-05-7.5 - Employment and Health Benefits ProtectionA. Upon the expiration of parental leave or family leave an employee shall be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced, or to a position with equivalent seniority, status, employment benefits, pay and other related terms and conditions of employment, including fringe benefits and service credits that the employee had been entitled to at the commencement of leave.B. During any period of parental or family leave the employer shall maintain any existing health benefits of the employee in force for the duration of such leave as if the employee had continued in employment continuously from the date he or she commenced such leave until the date he or she returns to employment. The maintenance of health benefits shall be governed by R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-48-3.C. An employee on parental leave or family leave shall not suffer the loss of any benefit accrued before the date on which the leave commenced, nor shall any employee who takes parental leave or family leave be entitled to any benefit other than benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had he or she not taken the leave.260 R.I. Code R. 260-RICR-30-05-7.5