Title 36, Title 36 Officers and Employees

If any present or former member of the general assembly who is a member of the system, who is not reelected, desires to retain his or her ordinary death benefit insurance coverage, he or she shall be allowed to do so providing that he or she pays an annual contribution of fifteen…

(a) Upon the death of a member after retirement, unless the member shall have selected any of the options provided in § 36-10-18, a benefit shall be payable consisting of the excess, if any, of the total contributions of the member at date of retirement, without interest, over th…

In addition to any service retirement allowance paid to any person who shall have served as a member of the senate or of the house of representatives pursuant to § 36-10-10, there shall be payable, in lieu of the benefit payable on death after retirement as provided by § 36-10-23…

The payment of contributions of the member and the death benefit to a member or retired member under the provisions of §§ 36-10-21 — 36-10-23 shall be made to such person as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement board, …

All contributions made by members and interest thereon to July 1, 1947, shall be credited to the individual members’ accounts in the annuity savings account. Effective July 1, 1947, the amount of accumulated contributions in the accounts of the members of the system which have be…

Any amount paid or payable under the provisions of any workers’ compensation law exclusive of Medicare set-aside allocations, specific compensation benefits or any benefits authorized by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or as the result of any action for damages for…

The right of a member or beneficiary to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit, or right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of chapters 8 — 10 of this title, and the money in the various funds created hereund…

Every person who knowingly or willfully makes, presents, or in anyway procures the making or presentation of any false or fraudulent affidavit or affirmation concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, shall, in every case, forfeit a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollar…

Any and all retirement benefits and contributions in the state employees’ and municipal employees’ retirement systems shall be exempt from lien, attachment, or garnishment and shall not be transferable or assignable; provided, however, that any governmental agency which may have …

(a) All state employees and all beneficiaries of state employees receiving any service retirement or ordinary or accidental disability retirement allowance pursuant to the provisions of this title on or before December 31, 1967, shall receive a cost of living retirement adjustmen…

(a) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calendar year 1979 shall receive an additional eight percent (8%) to their original retirement allowances. (b) All state employees and the beneficiaries of state employees who retired during calen…

(a) On and after July 7, 1994, no member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36, or 45 may be employed or reemployed by any state agency or department unless any and all retirement benefits to which the member may be entitled by virtue of the provisions of title 16,…

(a) Notwithstanding any public or general law, or rule or regulation to the contrary, any teacher, administrator, or staff member who has retired under the provisions of title 16, 36, or 45 may, as part of the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, exceed the seventy-five-day (…

Any person who has served as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, or general treasurer for a period of twenty (20) consecutive years shall be entitled, upon his or her resignation or retirement, to receive annually during his or her life a sum equa…

When a person has combined and transferred service credits, earned as a member of the Rhode Island municipal retirement system, to the state retirement system, and the service amounts to not less than twenty (20) years in the aggregate as a general state officer and/or as an elec…

Proposed legislation which directly impacts the retirement system can potentially affect the benefits of all plan participants and beneficiaries. Since it is in the best interests of plan participants and beneficiaries to determine the financial consequences of any proposed legis…

The amounts credited by the system to the annuity reserve fund and pension accumulation fund prior to July 1, 1947, shall be transferred on that date to a contingent reserve account. All appropriations by the state and all other income of the system except member contributions sh…

For purposes of this chapter, “domestic partner” shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent’s death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications: (…

The retirement board shall have the authority to enter into agreements with the federal government or appropriate agencies thereof respecting grants, contributions, or reimbursements to be made by the federal government as an equitable share in the cost of providing the annuities…

The general assembly of the state of Rhode Island hereby declares that it is the intention of the state to make payment of the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances provided for under the provisions of this chapter and to that end that it is the intention of the state to…

A member who withdraws from service or ceases to be a member for any reason other than death or retirement shall be paid on demand a refund consisting of the accumulated contributions standing to his or her credit in his or her individual account, without interest. Any member rec…

Retirement of a member on a service retirement allowance shall be made by the retirement board as follows: (1)(a)(i) Any member may retire upon his or her written application to the retirement board as of the first day of the calendar month in which the application was filed; pro…

(a) Every person who shall have served as a member of the senate or of the house of representatives, or in combination of both the senate and the house of representatives, and/or other employment as defined in § 36-9-20, and/or including up to four (4) years of military service a…

(a) This section shall apply to the retirement of members employed as assistant director (adult services), assistant deputy director, chief of inspection, and associate directors, correctional officer, chief of security, work rehabilitation program supervisor, supervisor of custo…

(a) This section shall apply to the retirement of members employed as registered nurses within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. (b) Any member who has attained the age of fifty (50) years may be retired subsequent to the proper ex…

Any contrary provisions of the general laws notwithstanding, any retired state employee, teacher, or member of the state police who is a member of the retirement system and who is a member of the general assembly shall continue to be eligible for and receive his or her retirement…

(a) This section shall only apply to the retirement of members employed as aeronautics inspectors. (b) In determining the creditable service of any aeronautics inspector employed by the state of Rhode Island for the purpose of retirement of a service retirement allowance, not inc…

All members of the employees retirement system retiring under the provisions of titles 42, 8, 36 or 16 of the Rhode Island general laws on or after July 1, 1998, shall be required to participate in electronic funds transfer and to supply the employees retirement system with a ban…

(a) Effective January 1, 2025, notwithstanding any special law or general law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, state employees employed as deputy sheriffs, capitol police officers, environmental police officers, juvenile program workers, shift coordinators, firefighters, cre…

(a) State employees, except for casual employees or seasonal employees, shall have the right to organize and designate representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to wages, hours, and other conditions of employment. State employees,…

The following terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meaning: (1) “Casual employees” shall mean those persons hired for an occasional period to perform special jobs or functions not necessarily related to the work performed by the regular employees in the collecti…

The factors, among others, to be given weight by the arbitrator in arriving at a decision shall include: (1) Comparison of wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of the state employees involved with the prevailing wage rates or hourly conditions of employment maintained fo…

Fees and necessary expenses of arbitration shall be borne equally by the bargaining agent and the chief executive except that the transcript of proceedings required to be kept of the arbitration hearing shall be borne solely by the state.

Any and all matters relating to the employees’ retirement system of the state of Rhode Island are excluded as negotiable items in the collective bargaining process.

(a) The director of the department of administration shall direct the associate director of human resources to include proposals for affirmative action provisions as a subject for all collective bargaining negotiations. The proposals shall include, at a minimum but not limited to…

(a) There shall be no discrimination against any state employee because the employee has formed, joined, or chosen to be represented by any labor or employee organization. (b) Supervisory employees shall not endorse any particular labor or employee organization or by reason of me…

It shall be the responsibility of supervisors at all levels to consider, and commensurate with authority delegated by the head of the state department or agency, to take appropriate action promptly and fairly upon the grievances of their subordinates. To this end, appropriate aut…

The provisions of this chapter and the procedures established hereunder shall be applicable in any state department or agency to conditions which are in whole or part subject to the control of the head of the department or agency and which involve conditions of employment.

Organizations representing state employees, firefighters as defined in § 28-9.1-3, and police officers as defined in § 28-9.2-3, shall enjoy all the benefits of and be subject to all the provisions of chapter 7 of title 28, except that those employees shall not have the right to …

It shall be the obligation of the chief executive or his or her designee (appointed, elected, or possessing classified status) to meet and confer in good faith with the representatives of the state employees’ bargaining agent within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice f…

(a) In the event that the bargaining agent and the chief executive or his or her designee are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, either of them may request mediation and conciliation upon any an…

In the event that the bargaining agent and the chief executive or his or her designee are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall, within three (3) days, be submit…

(a) All issues remaining in dispute after the procedures for voluntary resolution of issues provided in § 36-11-8 are exhausted shall be referred to final and binding arbitration and decision. An arbitrator shall be selected within fifteen (15) days from lists of certified arbitr…

The following words, as used in §§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-14, shall have the following meanings: (1) “Employer,” means the state of Rhode Island. (2) “Employee,” means all persons who are classified employees as the term “classified employee” is defined under § 36-3-3, and all persons i…

Any policy of insurance purchased by the director as authorized in §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14 shall provide that all employees eligible under the terms of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14 will be automatically insured thereunder commencing on the date they first become so eligible; provided, tha…

(a) During any period in which an employee under age sixty-five (65) is insured under a policy of insurance purchased by the director as authorized in §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14, there shall be withheld by the employer from each salary payment of the employee, as his or her share of t…