Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to be employing units and services performed in the employ of the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to…

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the political subdivisions of the state and the instrumentalities of those political subdivisions and all other governmental entities as defined in § 28-42-3(22) shall be deemed to be employing units. …

For the purposes of §§ 28-42-13 and 28-42-13.1, “employment” does not include services performed in the employ of a “governmental entity” as defined in § 28-42-3(22) by an individual in the exercise of duties: (1) As an elected official; (2) As a member of a legislative body, or …

(a) “Employer” includes any Indian tribe for which service in employment as defined under chapters 42 — 44 of this title is performed. (b) “Employment” includes service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe, as defined in section 3306(u) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (…

(a) There is created the employment security 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 contributions paid pursuant to §§ 28-43-16 — 28-43-22; (2) All…

The fund shall be administered and used solely to pay benefits upon vouchers drawn on the fund by the director pursuant to regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed and no other disbursement shall be made from them except as provided in §§ 28-42-21, 28-42-22, and 28-43-13. T…

Economic insecurity, due to unemployment, being a serious menace to the health, morale, and general welfare of the people of this state, is, therefore, a subject of interest and concern to the community as a whole, warranting appropriate action by the general assembly to prevent …

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 42 — 44 …

All money received by the director for the employment security fund established by this chapter shall, upon receipt, be deposited by the director in a clearance account in a bank, in this state, designated as a federal depositary under regulations adopted as subsequently prescrib…

The director shall also from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund any amounts of money that shall be equal to the amount of employee payments already contributed to the fund by employees of the state, and the director shall deposit the moneys upon requisition…

Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund for the payment of benefits that remains unclaimed or unpaid after the expiration of the period for which those sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the pa…

Sections 28-42-18 — 28-42-23, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as that unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States continues to maintain for this state a…

For the purpose of carrying out chapters 42 — 44 of this title and chapter 102 of title 42 and providing for the administration of these chapters, there is created within the general fund an employment security administration account, referred to as the “administration account,” …

The entire cost of administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, including salaries and other necessary expenditures, shall be paid by the director out of the administration account. The general treasurer shall be custodian of the account and shall pay all vouchers duly drawn…

All federal moneys allotted or apportioned to the state by the Secretary of Labor of the United States, or other federal agency, for the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall be paid into the employment security administration account, which shall be within the g…

All moneys received by the director from the Secretary of Labor of the United States under Title III of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., or any unencumbered balance of the employment security administration account except money received for the payment of expense…

The following words and phrases, as used in chapters 42 — 44 of this title, have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Administration account” means the employment security administration account established by this chapter. (2) “Average weekl…

If any money received from the Secretary of Labor under Title III of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., or any unencumbered balances in the employment security administration account as of that date, any moneys granted after that date to this state pursuant to the …

It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and authority to: (1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere in th…

Annually, by the first day of April, the director shall submit to the governor and to the general assembly a summary report covering the administration and operation of chapters 42 — 44 of this title during the preceding calendar year and making any recommendations that the direc…

(a) Whenever the director believes that a change in contribution and/or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, he or she shall at once inform the governor and the general assembly and make recommendations accordingly. In that case, the governor m…

(a) The board of review shall have the power to adopt, amend, modify, and reject general and special rules and regulations interpreting chapters 42 — 44 of this title and establishing policy relative to administrative procedure as proposed by the director. Those general and speci…

The director shall cause to be printed in proper form for distribution to the public the text of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the general and special rules that shall become effective as specified elsewhere in this chapter, his or her annual report to the governor, and any oth…

The director is authorized, within his or her means, and in accordance with the state merit system act, chapters 3 and 4 of title 36, rules, and regulations, to appoint and fix the compensation of any officers, accountants, and other persons that are necessary in the execution of…

(a) The human resource investment council shall establish a state advisory council of eight (8) members. Four (4) of the members shall be appointed by the governor from recommendations made by the human resource investment council; two (2) of those members shall be persons who, b…

(a) 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 him or her, and of the weekly hours worked for him or her by each, and of the weekly wages paid by him or her to…

(a)(1) The department of labor and training is designated and constituted the agency within this state charged with the responsibility of collecting quarterly wage information, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-7. Each employer shall be required to submit a detailed wage report to…

(a) The department of labor and training will participate in the income and eligibility verification procedures as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-7, which provides for the exchange of information among agencies administering federally assisted programs for aid to families with dep…

Any person releasing or procuring the release of quarterly wage information supplied to the department of labor and training by any employer pursuant to this chapter, except as is otherwise specifically authorized by this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a …

Whenever any employing unit, subject to the provisions of § 28-42-38, contracts with any employing unit having its principal office or place of business outside this state, for the performance of any work that would require the services of individuals in employment within this st…

“Employment” includes an individual’s entire service, performed within or both within and without this state, if: (1) The service is localized in this state; or (2) The service is not localized in any state but some of the service is performed in this state and (i) The base of op…

The director, at his or her discretion, shall recommend to the governor for transmission to the general assembly any action that will tend to aid and promote the prevention of unemployment and as will effect the regularization of employment. The director shall encourage and recom…

On the request of the director or the board of review, the attorney general shall represent the director or the board and the state in any court action relating to chapters 42 — 44 of this title or their administration and enforcement, except as special counsel may be designated …

(a) The director is designated as the agent within this state charged with the responsibility of cooperating in all necessary respects with the appropriate agencies and departments of the federal government in the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, or in the admini…

The state of Rhode Island accepts the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., in conformity with 29 U.S.C. § 49c, and will observe and comply with the requirements of that Act.

The department of labor and training is designated and constituted the agency within this state charged with the responsibility of cooperating with the United States employment service.

For the purpose of the establishment, maintenance, and use of free public employment offices in this state, the director is authorized to enter into agreements with any agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any polit…

It shall be the duty of the director to administer a system of public employment offices for the purpose of assisting employers to secure employees and workers to secure employment. The director is given full power to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state th…

All federal funds made available to the director or to this state under the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., shall be paid into the employment security administration account created by § 28-42-25, and those funds are made available to the director to be expended as pro…

All funds made available by the general assembly for the state employment service shall be paid into the employment security administration account created by § 28-42-25, and those funds are made available to the director to be expended as provided by chapters 42 — 44 of this tit…

The general assembly shall from time to time appropriate any sums of money that may be necessary, out of moneys in the general treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of maintaining the public employment offices created under this chapter, and for the purpose of coop…

Service is deemed to be localized within a state if: (1) The service is performed entirely within that state; or (2) The service is performed both within and out of that state, but the service performed out of that state is incidental to the individual’s service within the state;…

Sections 35-1-1, 35-1-2, 35-3-1, 35-6-1, 35-7-10, 35-7-11, 37-2-1 — 37-2-4, and 44-1-1 — 44-1-3 shall be applicable to all functions and duties performed by the department of labor and training, its director, or his or her authorized representative; provided, that all those funct…

In addition to and/or in lieu of the sections enumerated in § 28-42-50, the director of administration shall perform, at the department of labor and training, in the manner and to the extent that the director may prescribe, the following functions and duties: (1) Establish and ma…

In order to perform the functions and duties as specified under § 28-42-51, the director of administration is empowered to take any action that shall be deemed necessary and advisable and to assign any subordinates or employees to the department of labor and training that he or s…

The manner in which any disputed claims or any other controversies arising out of the interpretation or application of chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall be presented, or the manner in which hearings and appeals are conducted, shall be in accordance with the regulations adopted…