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Rhode Island Law Requires Meal Breaks Some states require either meal or rest breaks. Rhode Island is one of them: In Rhode Island, employers must give employees a 20-minute meal break for a six-hour shift, and a 30-minute meal break for an eight-hour shift. This break can be unpaid.

All employees must be paid time and one-half the worker's regular rate for all hours in excess of forty (40) in one week. Workers paid bi-weekly must be compensated at time and one-half the employee's regular rate for all hours worked beyond forty (40) in any one workweek.

Rhode Island law allows for a continuing withholding of your wages. This means your wages can be continually garnished until the judgment is fully paid. Your employer will be required to notify the court and the creditor's attorney by affidavit of what funds are being withheld each payday from your disposable earnings.

To succeed, you must file a written objection with the court that initiated the garnishment within ten days of receiving the notice. In addition, when objecting to wage garnishment in Rhode Island, you must prove your case by providing evidence or documentation to support your claim.

To succeed, you must file a written objection with the court that initiated the garnishment within ten days of receiving the notice. In addition, when objecting to wage garnishment in Rhode Island, you must prove your case by providing evidence or documentation to support your claim.

Section 10-5-8 of Rhode Island Law provides for a continuing withholding of your employee's earnings. Effective with the accompanying Writ of Attachment you are to withhold from your employee's earnings until you are in possession of $_________________________.