Rhode Island Requires Veterans Benefits and Services Poster

Rhode Island has enacted legislation (House Bill 7058), which will require employers with more than 50 employees to post a veterans’ benefits and services poster. House Bill 7058 takes effect on Jan.  1, 2025.

The details

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, Rhode Island employers with 50 or more employees must display a veterans’ benefits and service poster (to be created by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and the Office of Veterans Services) in a conspicuous place, accessible to employees in the workplace.

The poster will include information regarding the following services available to veterans:

• Contact and website information for the office of veterans services and the department's veterans program;
• Substance abuse and mental health treatment;
• Educational, workforce, and training resources;
• Tax benefits;
• Rhode Island state veteran drivers' licenses and non-driver identification cards;
• Eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under state and/or federal law;
• Legal services; and
• Contact information for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans crisis line.

Next steps

• Review Rhode Island workplace posters, policies and procedures and display the required poster by Jan. 1, 2025.