As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of labor and training. (2) “Employee” means any full-time employee who works an average of thirty (30) or more hours per week. (3) “Employer” means and includes: (i) Any person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business entity who or that employs fifty (50) or more employees; (ii) The state of Rhode Island, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and any state department or agency that employs any employees; (iii) Any city or town or municipal agency that employs thirty (30) or more employees; and (iv) Any person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of any employer. (4) “Family leave” means leave by reason of the serious illness of a family member. (5) “Family member” means a parent, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or the employee himself or herself, and with respect to employees of the state as defined in subsection (3)(ii), shall include domestic partners as defined in § 36-12-1(3). (6) “Parental leave” means leave by reason of the birth of a child of an employee or the placement of a child sixteen (16) years of age or less with an employee in connection with the adoption of the child by the employee. (7) “Serious illness” means a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment, or condition that involves inpatient care in a hospital, a nursing home, or a hospice, or outpatient care requiring continuing treatment or supervision by a healthcare provider.
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