Timing Requirements for Wage Payments in Rhode Island

All employers other than religious, literary or charitable corporations are covered by Rhode Island's wage payment law.

Wages must be paid weekly except for employees whose compensation is fixed at a yearly, monthly or semimonthly rate, unless prevented by inevitable casualty. More frequent payment is permitted. Wages must be paid to within nine days of the end of the pay period. If the ninth day is a holiday, payment must be made on the next business day. Employees absent on payday must be paid thereafter on demand. Unpaid wages earned by strikers are due and payable at the next regular payday.