Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

(a) An individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of knowingly or fraudulently making a false statement, or knowingly or fraudulently misrepresenting a material fact, with intent to defraud the temporary disability insurance fund of any benefit or wron…

(a) Benefit claims shall be filed pursuant to prescribed regulations. (b) No individual shall be eligible for benefits under this title for any week of unemployment due to sickness that occurs more than ninety (90) days prior to the time when written notice of his or her claim fo…

(a) Upon the filing of a claim, the director shall promptly examine the claim and on the basis of facts found by the director and records maintained by the department, the claim shall be determined to be valid or invalid. If the claim is determined to be valid, the director shall…

To hear and decide disputed claims, the board of review may appoint one or more impartial referees, each of whom shall constitute an appeal tribunal to hear and decide appeals from determinations and re-determinations. The board may make appointments to this tribunal and fix its …

Any claimant may file an appeal from the determination of the director to an appeal tribunal within the specified time. The parties to an appeal from a determination shall include all interested parties, including the director. Appeals may be withdrawn at the request of the appel…

A reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing shall promptly be afforded all interested parties. An appeal tribunal shall inquire into and develop all facts bearing on the issues and shall receive and consider evidence without regard to statutory and common-law rules. The board of …

Notwithstanding any provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title to the contrary, “wages” as used in the phrase “wages for employment from employers” means, with reference to the benefits provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title, only those wages that are paid subsequent to t…

When the same or substantially similar evidence is material to the matter in issue with respect to more than one individual, the same time and place for considering all those cases may be fixed, hearings on the evidence jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, …

(a) After a hearing, an appeal tribunal shall make findings and conclusions promptly and on the basis of the findings and conclusions affirm, modify, or reverse the director’s determination. Each party shall be promptly furnished a copy of the decision and the supporting findings…

Any party in interest, including the director, shall be allowed an appeal to the board of review from the decision of an appeal tribunal. The board on its own motion may initiate a review of a decision or determination of an appeal tribunal within fifteen (15) days after the date…

The board of review may remove to itself or transfer to another appeal tribunal any appeal pending before an appeal tribunal. An appeal so removed to the board before a fair hearing has been completed shall be given a fair hearing by the board, as required by § 28-41-19 with resp…

All final determinations and decisions shall be conclusive upon all parties in interest, including the director. The director, appeal tribunal, or board of review shall reopen a determination or decision or revoke permission for withdrawal of an appeal if: (1) He, she, or it find…

Final decisions of the board of review and the principles of law declared in their support shall be binding in all subsequent proceedings involving similar questions, unless expressly or impliedly overruled by a later decision of the board or of a court of competent jurisdiction.…

For the purposes of judicial review, an appeal tribunal’s decision from which an application for appeal has been denied by the board of review shall be deemed to be the decision of the board, except that the time for initiating judicial review shall run from the date of the maili…

Appeals from administrative orders or decisions made pursuant to any provisions of this chapter shall be to the sixth division district court, pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42, the administrative procedures act.

The board of review and all parties to the proceedings before it shall be parties to the review proceedings. If the director is a party respondent, the petition shall be served by leaving with him or her, or any representative whom he or she designates for that purpose, as many c…

The jurisdiction of the reviewing court shall be confined to questions of law and, in the absence of fraud, the findings of fact by the board of review, if supported by substantial evidence regardless of statutory or common-law rules, shall be conclusive. Additional evidence requ…

Wages earned by an employee for employment from employers, which remain unpaid because the assets of the employer for whom that employment was rendered are in the custody or control of an assignee for the benefit of a creditor, receiver, trustee, or any other fiduciary appointed …

No agreement by any individual to waive his or her right to benefits or any other right under chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall be valid. No agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern, to pay all or any portion of the contributions required under these …

No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any kind by the director or his or her representative, or by the board of review or its representatives, in any proceeding under chapters 39 — 41 of this title. Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding or court ac…

Benefits that are due or may become due under chapters 39 — 41 of this title shall not be assigned, pledged, or encumbered before payment. When awarded, adjudged, or paid, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, the benefits shall be exempt from all cla…

(a) The board of review shall be empowered to appoint and employ a qualified attorney, who shall act in accordance with any instructions that he or she may receive from the board concerning appeals from its decisions and other related duties, and shall be paid an annual base sala…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish, within the state temporary disability insurance program, a temporary caregiver insurance program to provide wage replacement benefits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to workers who take time off work to care for a se…

(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, an employee shall be eligible for temporary caregiver benefits for any week in which the employee is unable to perform their regular and customary work because the employee is: (1) Bonding with a newborn child or a child ne…

(a) An individual who exercises his or her right to leave covered by the temporary caregiver insurance program under this chapter shall file a certificate form with all information required by the department. (b) For leave for reason of caring for a seriously ill family member, a…

(a) In accordance with § 28-41-16, upon the filing of a claim, the director shall promptly examine the claim and on the basis of facts found by the director and records maintained by the department, the claim shall be determined to be valid or invalid. If the claim is determined …

Information pursuant to any individual’s temporary disability claim or temporary caregiver insurance claim shall be held confidential in accordance with chapters 39 — 41 of this title, § 28-39-19, and chapter 37.3 of title 5, and all applicable state and federal regulations.

The director of the department of labor and training shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To promulgate regulations relative to the operation of the temporary caregiver insurance program; (2) To create all necessary applications and certificates to fulfill the purposes…

(a) The temporary caregiver insurance program shall be part of the temporary disability insurance fund. If the director finds that any individual falsely certifies the medical condition of any person in order to obtain family temporary disability insurance benefits, with the inte…

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, who shall be designated by the director and approved by the attor…

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…

(a) Benefit rate. (1) The benefit rate payable under this chapter to any eligible individual with respect to any week of the individual’s unemployment due to sickness, when that week occurs within a benefit year, shall be, for benefit years beginning on or after October 7, 1990, …

(a) No individual shall be entitled to receive waiting period credit benefits or dependents’ allowances with respect to which benefits are paid or payable to that individual under any workers’ compensation law of this state, any other state, or the federal government, on account …

The total amount of benefits payable during a benefit year to any eligible individual shall be an amount equal to thirty-six percent (36%) of the individual’s total wages for employment by employers subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title during his or her base period; provided…

An eligible individual who is unemployed due to sickness resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion shall be entitled to receive those benefits that are regularly provided for unemployment due to sickness in chapters 39 — 41 of this title.

(a) An individual who, having been unemployed due to sickness and who is in receipt of benefits under this chapter, returns to work prior to the end of the immediately succeeding week, shall be entitled to one-fifth (⅕) of his or her benefit rate for each day of unemployment due …