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RI Gen L § 28-44-57 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-57 - Fees and costs chargeable.

§ 28-44-57. Fees and costs chargeable.(a) 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 42 — 44 of this title. Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding or court action may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent. The director shall have the authority to fix the fees of that counsel or other duly authorized agent, but no counsel or agent shall together be allowed to charge or receive for those services more than ten percent (10%) of the maximum benefits at issue in that proceeding or court action but not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) except as specifically allowed by the superior court.(b) In any case in which either an employer appeals from a determination in favor of the claimant or a claimant successfully appeals a decision unfavorable to the claimant to an appeals body other than a court of law and the claimant retains an attorney-at-law to represent him or her, the attorney shall be entitled to a counsel fee of ten percent (10%) of the amount of benefits at issue before the appeals body but not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), which shall be paid by the director out of the employment security administrative funds, within thirty (30) days of the date of his or her appearance.(c) (1) An attorney-at-law who represents an individual claiming benefits on an appeal to the courts shall be entitled to counsel fees upon final disposition of the case and necessary court costs and printing disbursements as fixed by the court.(2) The director shall pay those counsel fees, costs, and disbursements out of the employment security administrative funds in each of the following cases:(i) Any court appeal taken by a party other than the claimant from an administrative or judicial decision favorable in whole or in part to the claimant;(ii) Any court appeal by a claimant from a decision denying or reducing benefits awarded under a prior administrative or judicial decision;(iii) Any court appeal as a result of which the claimant is awarded benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 13; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-57; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 215, § 3; P.L. 1975, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 369, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 401, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 14, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 318, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 345, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-58 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-58 - Exemption of benefits from assignment or process.

§ 28-44-58. Exemption of benefits from assignment or process.Benefits which are due or may become due under chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall not be assigned, pledged, or encumbered before payment; and when awarded, adjudged, or paid, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from all claims of creditors, and from levy, execution, and attachment or other remedy now or subsequently provided for recovery or collection of debt, which exemption may not be waived.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 13; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 13; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 10; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-58.
RI Gen L § 28-44-58.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-58.2 - Voluntary withholding of income taxes.

§ 28-44-58.2. Voluntary withholding of income taxes.(a) An individual filing a new claim for benefits on or after January 1, 1998, shall, at the time of filing that claim, be advised that:(1) Unemployment compensation is subject to federal and state income tax and requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments;(2) The individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation paid at the rate specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.;(3) The individual may elect to have state income tax deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation paid at the rate established by the state tax administrator;(4) The individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding status only once during a benefit year.(b) Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for income taxes shall remain in the employment security fund until transferred to the federal or state taxing authority as a payment of income tax.(c) Amounts may be deducted and withheld under this section only after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of unemployment compensation, child support obligations or any other amounts required to be deducted and withheld under the provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title.(d) The director shall follow all procedures specified by the United States Department of Labor and the federal Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of income tax.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 33, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-44-59 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-59 - Severance or dismissal pay allocation.

§ 28-44-59. Severance or dismissal pay allocation.For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 2012, for the purpose of determining an individual's benefit eligibility for any week of unemployment, any remuneration received by an employee from his or her employer in the nature of severance or dismissal pay, whether or not the employer is legally required to pay that remuneration, shall be deemed to be wages paid on the last day of employment for services performed prior to that date. For benefit years beginning on or after July 1, 2012, for the purpose of determining an individual's benefit eligibility for any week of unemployment, any remuneration received by an employee from his or her employer in the nature of severance or dismissal pay, whether or not the employer is legally required to pay that remuneration, shall be allocated on a weekly basis from the individual's last day of work for a period not to exceed twenty-six (26) weeks, and the individual will not be entitled to receive benefits for any such week for which it has been determined that the individual received severance or dismissal pay. Such severance or dismissal pay, if the employer does not specify a set number of weeks, shall be allocated using the individual's weekly benefit rate.History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 192, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 4, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 415, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-44-60 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-60 - Eligibility for adult basic education or vocational training.

§ 28-44-60. Eligibility for adult basic education or vocational training.(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary, a claimant shall not be ineligible for benefits because of his or her regular attendance, whether full-time or part-time, in an adult basic education or a vocational training program as approved by the director and as defined in § 16-63-5(1) and (2); provided, that the director finds that:(1) The contemplated education or training course will enhance the claimant's employability in an occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be in the immediate future, employment opportunities in the locality;(2) The contemplated education or training course will be acquired through an entity in the delivery system set forth in § 16-63-9(a) except subdivisions (5) and (10); and(3) The claimant has the required qualifications and aptitudes to complete the education or training successfully.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because he or she is in training approved under 19 U.S.C. § 2296(a)(1), nor shall that individual be denied benefits by reason of leaving work to enter that training; provided, that the work left is not suitable employment, or because of the application to any week in training of provisions in this law or any applicable federal unemployment compensation law, relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work. For purposes of this section, "suitable employment" means, with respect to an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual's past adversely affected employment, as defined for purposes of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., and wages for that work at not less than 80 percent (80%) of the individual's average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 116, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 485, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-61 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-61 - Holiday pay.

§ 28-44-61. Holiday pay.Benefits to which an individual is entitled for any week of unemployment shall not be reduced by any holiday pay received by that individual where no services are performed on the holiday for which that payment is made.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 63.1, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-63 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-63 - Benefit payments for services with nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions, and hospitals.

§ 28-44-63. Benefit payments for services with nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions, and hospitals.Benefits based on service in employment for nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and hospitals, as defined in § 28-42-3(23), (24), and (25), shall be payable in the same amounts on the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other services subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title; except that benefits based on service in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity in an institution of higher education as defined in § 28-42-3(24) shall not be paid to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins during the period between two (2) successive academic years, or during a similar period between two (2) regular terms, whether or not successive, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, if the individual has a contract or contracts to perform services in that capacity for any institution or institutions of higher education for both those academic years or both those terms.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 94, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-44-63.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-63.1 - Repealed.

§ 28-44-63.1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 262, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 23.
RI Gen L § 28-44-64, 28-44-65 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-64, 28-44-65 - Repealed.

§ 28-44-64, 28-44-65. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-44-66 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-66 - Athletes.

§ 28-44-66. Athletes.Benefits shall not be paid to any individual on the basis of any service, substantially all of which consists of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, for any week which commences during the period between two (2) successive sport seasons or similar periods if that individual performed those services in the first of those seasons or similar periods and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform those services in the later of those seasons or similar periods.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 24.
RI Gen L § 28-44-67 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-67 - Denial of unemployment compensation to illegal aliens.

§ 28-44-67. Denial of unemployment compensation to illegal aliens.(a) Benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services, or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time the services were performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5).(b) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits.(c) (1) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to the individual are not payable because of his or her alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.(2) Any modification to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(14) as provided by United States public law 94-566 which specify other conditions or other effective date than stated in this section for the denial of benefits based on services performed by aliens and which modifications are required to be implemented under state law as a condition for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq., shall be deemed applicable under the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 25; P.L. 1990, ch. 88, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-1 - Purposes.

§ 28-45-1. Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are:(1) To encourage employers, associations of employers, and organizations of employees to voluntarily establish apprenticeship programs and the making of apprenticeship agreements;(2) To create opportunities for young people to obtain employment and adequate training in trades and industry with parallel instructions in related and supplementary education under conditions that will equip them for profitable employment and citizenship;(3) To cooperate with the promotion and development of apprenticeship programs and systems in other states and with the federal committee on apprenticeship appointed under 29 U.S.C. § 50 et seq.;(4) To provide for the registration and approval of apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship agreements and for the issuance of state certificates of completion of apprenticeship.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-2 - Apprenticeship council.

§ 28-45-2. Apprenticeship council.(a) The director of labor and training, with the advice and consent of the governor, shall appoint a state apprenticeship council composed of four (4) representatives each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, and one public member. One of the employer representatives shall represent a business employing less than fifty (50) employees. In making the appointments, the director shall give due consideration to include representatives from different types of industries, including those industries participating in non-trade-apprenticeship programs established pursuant to § 42-102-11. The council shall, by majority vote, elect from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. The vice-chairperson shall act in the absence or inability of the chairperson.(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the council's present membership, the director of labor and training, with the advice and consent of the governor, shall appoint members to the apprenticeship council for initial terms, and those members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and have qualified, as follows:(1) One representative each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, for an initial term of one year;(2) One representative each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, for an initial term of two (2) years;(3) One representative each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, for an initial term of three (3) years; and(4) One representative each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, for an initial term of four (4) years.(5) One public member, representing a community organization, for an initial term of four (4) years.(c) Upon the expiration of those initial terms, members shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointments by the director of labor and training, with the advice and consent of the governor, for the unexpired portion of the term. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education and the director of labor and training shall be members of the council, ex-officio, without vote.(d) The council may, by majority vote, designate any consultants that it may deem necessary and desirable to assist it in the performance of its duties.(e) Members of the board shall not be compensated for their service on the board.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 202, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 426, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 24; P.L. 2010, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 482, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 496, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-4 - Repealed.

§ 28-45-4. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
RI Gen L § 28-45-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-5 - Repealed.

§ 28-45-5. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
RI Gen L § 28-45-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-6 - Annual report.

§ 28-45-6. Annual report.The council shall annually make a report of its activities and progress to the governor; that report shall be contained in the annual report of the department of labor and training.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-7 - Repealed.

§ 28-45-7. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
RI Gen L § 28-45-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-8 - Repealed.

§ 28-45-8. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
RI Gen L § 28-45-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-9.1 - Repealed.

§ 28-45-9.1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 72, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 97; P.L. 1998, ch. 387, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 10; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 4, effective July 1, 2017.
RI Gen L § 28-45-9.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-9.2 - Military service apprenticeship qualifications.

§ 28-45-9.2. Military service apprenticeship qualifications.(a) Any person, after having been honorably discharged from military service or having been transferred to reserve status or the national guard after active military service, and whose military occupational specialty provided them with the requisite classroom and workplace training as required by the Rhode Island general laws, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the Rhode Island general laws, shall be eligible to use that classroom and workplace training to fulfill the requirements for apprentices and/or journeypersons for the following skilled trades:(1) Electricians, as defined in § 5-6-1 et seq.;(2) Blasters, as defined in § 23-28.28-31 et seq.;(3) Plumbers and Irrigators, as defined in § 5-20-1 et seq.;(4) Hoisting Engineers, as defined in § 28-26-1 et seq.; and(5) Mechanical Trades, as defined in § 28-27-1 et seq.(b) Persons meeting any requirements through military service as described in subsection (a) remain subject to licensing fees and examinations for the desired trade license.(c) To the extent that any provisions contained in this section conflict with the requirements for federal-aid contracts, federal law and regulations shall control.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 445, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-10 - Definitions.

§ 28-45-10. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement complying with 29 C.F.R. § 29.7 between an apprentice and either the apprenticeship program sponsor, or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program sponsor(s), which contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice.(2) "Apprenticeable occupation" which possesses all of the following characteristics:(i) It is customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on the job supervised learning.(ii) It is clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry.(iii) It involves the progressive attainment of manual, mechanical, or technical skills and knowledge, which is in accordance with the industry standard for the occupation, that requires the completion of at least a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of on the job learning to attain experience.(iv) It requires related instruction to supplement the on the job learning.(3) "Council" means the apprenticeship council as established by § 28-45-2.(4) "OA" means office of apprenticeship, U.S. department of labor.(5) "Secretary" means secretary of the U.S. department of labor.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-45-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry|Section 28-45-11 - Applicability of chapter.

§ 28-45-11. Applicability of chapter.The provisions of this chapter shall apply to a firm, person, corporation, or organization of employees or an association of employers only after that person, firm, corporation, or organization of employees or association of employers has voluntarily elected to conform to its provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1.