Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

On the request of the director or the board of review, the attorney general shall represent the director or the board of review and the state in any court action relating to chapters 39 — 41 of this title or their administration and enforcement, except as special counsel may be d…

Every employer and every employing unit employing any person in employment in this state shall keep true and accurate employment records of all persons employed by the employer and employing unit, and of the weekly hours worked for the employer and employing unit by each, and of …

The manner in which any disputed claims or any other controversies arising out of the interpretation or application of chapters 39 — 41 of this title are presented, or the manner in which hearings and appeals are conducted, shall be in accordance with the prescribed regulations, …

In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, pursuant to chapters 39 — 41 of this title, the sixth division of the district court, upon application by the director or the board of review, shall have jurisdiction to issue to that person an order re…

Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the director. Those fees shall be deemed a part of the expense of administering chapters 39 — 41 of this title.

The director or the board of review shall be deemed to be a party to any judicial action involving decisions which have been appealed to the courts and may be represented in any judicial action by any qualified attorney designated by him, her, or it for that purpose, or at his, h…

Every employee of the department of labor and training is expressly prohibited from divulging to any individual not officially connected with the department: (1) Any information obtained by the employee in the regular course of duty, or from the records and reports of employing u…

The following words and phrases, as used in chapters 39 — 41 of this title, have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Average weekly wage” means the amount determined by dividing the individual’s total wages earned for services performed in e…

Every request for information relating to the data referred to in § 28-39-19 shall be denied, and the individual making that request shall be informed that all requests for information must be directed to the director.

Every request for information directed to the director shall be denied if the request would necessitate that individual to divulge any information that is declared in § 28-42-38 to be held confidential by the director.

Notwithstanding § 28-39-21, the director is authorized to divulge the information confidentially held by the department to the agencies enumerated in § 28-42-38 as proper agencies entitled to access to that information relating to the administration of temporary disability insura…

Whoever knowingly makes a false statement or representation to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, either for himself or herself or for any other person, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars …

Any individual, or employing unit or its agent, who or that willfully makes a false statement or representation to avoid becoming or remaining subject thereto, or to avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required of an employing unit under chapters 39 — 41 of this tit…

Any individual, or employing unit or its agent, who or that knowingly fails or refuses to make any contribution or other payment required of an employing unit under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or who or that knowingly fails or refuses to make any contribution or report at the…

An employer who fails to file any report required under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or who or that fails or refuses to pay any contributions required under those chapters in the manner and at the times required by the laws and regulations or as the director may, in accordance…

Any violation of any provision of chapters 39 — 41 of this title or of any order, rule, or regulation of the department for which a penalty is neither prescribed above nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.0…

All fines specified or provided for in §§ 28-39-23 — 28-39-27 shall be paid to the temporary disability insurance reserve fund.

Any individual who, by reason of a mistake or misrepresentation made by himself or herself or another, has received any sum as benefits under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, in any week in which any condition for the receipt of those benefits imposed by those chapters was not ful…

Governmental entities as defined in § 28-42-3 shall not be deemed to be employing units subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title and services performed in the employ of those governmental entities shall not be deemed to be employment subject to those chapters; provided, that cer…

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title, a governmental entity that is a political subdivision or instrumentality of a political subdivision, or an instrumentality of more than one of them or any instrumentality of them and one or more other …

The election shall be made by submitting to the director a duly certified copy of a resolution or act of the legislative body of the political subdivision or subdivisions passed in accordance with their ordinances. Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution or act, the …

For the purposes of §§ 28-39-3.1 and 28-39-3.2, “employment” does not include services performed by: (1) Elected officials; (2) Individuals on any work-relief project undertaken by governmental entities; (3) Members of the legislative body, or members of the judiciary of a politi…

The director shall be the party complainant to any complaint and warrant brought to invoke the penalties provided for in §§ 28-39-23 — 28-39-32 and the director shall be exempt from giving surety for costs in any action.

All criminal actions for any violation of chapters 39 — 41 of this title or any rule or regulation of the department shall be prosecuted by the attorney general or by any qualified member of the Rhode Island bar that shall be designated by the director and approved by the attorne…

No person shall be convicted of any offense for any violation of chapters 39 — 41 of this title or any rule or regulation of the department unless the complaint or warrant for that violation has been issued within five (5) years from the time of the commission of the offense.

To the extent that funds are made available by the federal government, under Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.), or otherwise for such purpose, the expenses of administering chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall be paid from those funds, provided that t…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum sufficient for the payment of expenses of administering chapters 39 — 41 of this title during each fiscal year, which sum shall be payable out of the temporary disability insurance reserve fund; provided, that those sums shall…

The director shall undertake an educational publicity program designed to safeguard the fund created by this chapter. The director shall solicit the cooperation and assistance of labor, industry, and the public generally, in effecting that program. In the exercise of his or her a…

The general treasurer and the state director of administration shall have the same powers and duties with relation to chapters 39 — 41 of this title as they respectively have to chapters 42 — 44 of this title.

Chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall be construed liberally in aid of their declared purpose, which declared purpose is to lighten the burden which now falls on the unemployed worker and his family.

All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or by acts done pursuant to these chapters, shall exist subject to the power of the general assembly to amend or repeal these chapters at any time.

(a) There is created the temporary disability insurance fund, to be administered by the director, without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) All payments made subsequent to June 30, 1947, in acco…

If any provision of chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapters and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.

(a) There is hereby established a task force on temporary disability insurance fraud and program integrity. The task force shall consist of the following members or their designees: (1) The director of labor and training or designee; (2) The secretary of health and human services…

The temporary disability insurance fund shall be administered and used solely to pay benefits upon vouchers drawn on the fund by the director pursuant to regulations and no other disbursements shall be made from it except as provided in §§ 28-39-33, 28-39-34, and 28-40-6. Those r…

The general treasurer shall be custodian and treasurer of the fund and shall pay all vouchers duly authenticated and drawn upon the fund. He or she shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the fund and not otherwise held or deposited or invested pursuant to chapters 39 — 41 …

(a) There is created the temporary disability insurance reserve fund, to be administered in the manner subsequently prescribed in this chapter, without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the reserve fund. This reserve fund shall consist …

The reserve fund shall be administered and used in any manner that the general assembly shall from time to time prescribe for purposes designed to benefit individuals prevented by injury or sickness from performing their regular or customary work; provided, that any sums that may…

The general treasurer shall be custodian of the reserve fund, and shall pay all vouchers duly drawn upon the reserve fund and properly authenticated. He or she shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the reserve fund and not otherwise held or deposited or invested pursuant …