Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

(a) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Emergency unemployment compensation” means benefits, including dependents’ allowances, payable to an individual as authorized by the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 and i…

(a) Legislative findings and purpose. The general assembly hereby finds as follows: (1) As of January 1, 2013, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate is the highest in the New England region and above the national average; (2) Despite this high unemployment, businesses report difficult…

For weeks beginning on or after July 1, 1983, an individual who has been totally unemployed and in receipt of benefits for two (2) or more successive weeks and returns to work prior to the end of the week following that period of two (2) or more successive weeks shall be entitled…

The total amount of benefits payable during a benefit year to any eligible individual whose benefit year begins on or after October 1, 1989, but prior to July 1, 2012, shall be an amount equal to thirty-six percent (36%) of the individual’s total wages for employment by employers…