Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

Any employer or person aggrieved by any decision of fact or law by the director with reference to its or his or her status as an employer or as to whether services performed for it or him or her constitutes employment, or as to any other matter for which an appeal is not otherwis…

Employers who or that fail to make payment of contributions as required by chapters 42 — 44 of this title or by the regulations adopted as prescribed shall be liable to the employment security interest fund for interest on the outstanding balance of those delinquent payments at t…

In the event of any distribution of an employer’s assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contribution payments then or subs…

If an employer for any reporting period fails to make any report used for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions payable under chapters 42 — 44 of this title at the time and in the manner required by the regulations adopted as prescribed or if those reports when f…

If any employer fails to make any payment of contributions or interest on them at the time and in the manner required by the regulations adopted as prescribed, the amount of contributions due shall be collected by civil action. All civil actions shall be instituted in the name of…

In any civil action brought to enforce the provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the director may be represented by any qualified attorney whom the director has designated and employed for this purpose, or at the director’s request, by the attorney general.

Subsequent to the establishment of the balancing account as set forth in § 28-43-1(1), the credits and charges to that account shall be determined by the director as follows: (1) Credits to the balancing account: (i) All interest earnings received by the fund; (ii) All transfers …

(a) The amount of any contributions, interest, and penalties imposed upon any employer under the provisions of this chapter shall be a debt due from that employer to the state; shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts; and shall until collected constitute a l…

The sale or transfer by any employer other than receivers, assignees under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, trustees in bankruptcy, or public officers acting under judicial process, of the major part in value of the assets of that employer otherwise than in th…

(a) The director shall have for the collection of contributions imposed by this chapter all powers as are prescribed for collection of contributions in this title. The director may require any employer subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter to file with the director a bond,…

(a) In lieu of contributions required by employers under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, a governmental entity as defined in § 28-42-3 may elect to pay to the director for the employment security fund an amount equal to the amount of regular benefits and of one-half (½) of the ex…

If the total amount due to the department of labor and training from an employer in contributions and/or interest for any period is less than one dollar ($1.00), that amount shall not be assessed.

(a) Any nonprofit organization or governmental entity that is or becomes subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title on or after January 1, 1978, shall pay contributions under the provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, unless it elects, in accordance with this section, to pa…

Subsequent to the establishment of a separate employer’s account for each employer subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title as set forth in § 28-43-1(4), the credits and charges to each employer’s account, exclusive of the state of Rhode Island, its political subdivisions, and t…

(a) At the end of each month, the director shall bill each nonprofit organization or group of those organizations or governmental entity that has elected to make payment in lieu of contributions, for an amount equal to the full amount of regular benefits, plus the full amount of …

(a) Each employer who or that is liable for payments in lieu of contributions in accordance with § 28-43-29 shall pay to the director for the fund the full amount of regular benefits paid plus the full amount of extended benefits paid, less any federal payments to the state under…

Two (2) or more employers who or that have become liable for payments in lieu of contributions, in accordance with the provisions of § 28-43-29, may file a joint application to the director for the establishment of a group account for the purpose of sharing the cost of benefits p…

Notwithstanding any provisions in §§ 28-43-29 and 28-43-30, any nonprofit organization or group of organizations not required to be covered pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 3309(a)(1) prior to January 1, 1978, and that prior to October 20, 1976, paid contributions required by the provisio…

(a) If at any time the amount in the employment security fund exceeds the amount of any outstanding balance of this state due to the federal unemployment account in the unemployment trust fund, the governor may, upon recommendation of the director, in accordance with federal law …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the following shall apply regarding assignment of rates and transfers of experience: (1) If an employer transfers the employer’s trade or business, or a portion thereof, to another employer and, at the time o…

The director shall publish once a year a statement of the condition of the employment security fund, the reserve ratio, and the balancing account for each twelve-month (12) period ending on September 30.

(a) The director shall furnish to each employer not later than April 1 an annual statement showing the employer’s account balance together with the total credits and charges made during the experience year ending on the computation date. (b) That statement is the director’s deter…

Any employer who has been assigned an experience rate, and who has filed all reports required under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, and has paid all contributions, interest, and penalties due under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, may make a voluntary contribution to his or her ac…

(a) Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, or more frequently if deemed necessary, the director shall furnish to each employer who or that is charged for benefits paid to claimants under this title during that quarter a notice that shall contain at least …

(a) The taxable wage base under this chapter for the tax year beginning January 1, 1999, and ending with the tax year 2011 shall be: (1) Twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) if the amount of the employment security fund, not including any federal disbursements made to the states pur…

For the purpose of determining each employer’s experience rate for the next succeeding calendar year, the director shall not later than October 31 of each year determine each employer’s total taxable wages paid during the twelve-month (12) period ended on June 30, next preceding.…

(a)(1) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is six and four-tenths percent (6.4%) or more of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience ra…

Contributions required under this chapter for each year shall be paid by each employer in the manner and at the times that the director may prescribe.

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, each employer who or that has not been subject to this chapter for a sufficient period of time to be eligible for any experience rate under this chapter shall pay contributions at a rate not exceeding …

(a) For the tax years 2011 through 2014, each employer subject to this chapter shall be required to pay a job development assessment of fifty-one hundredths of one percent (0.51%) of that employer’s taxable payroll, in addition to any other payment that employer is required to ma…

For the tax years 2001, 2002, and 2003 each employer subject to this chapter shall be required to pay an employment security reemployment assessment of three hundredths of one percent (0.03%) of that employer’s taxable payroll, in addition to any other payment that employer is re…

(a) As of September 30, 1988, and on each subsequent computation date, the director shall determine the balancing rate percentage to be effective for the immediately following tax year in accordance with the balancing rate schedule in this subsection. The director shall charge to…