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RI Gen L § 28-44-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-8 - Lag day benefits.

§ 28-44-8. Lag day benefits.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 to one-fifth (⅕) of his or her benefit rate for each lag day of unemployment prior to the first day of his or her initial employment during that first week of reemployment, the resulting total benefits rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1.00); provided, that benefit payments may be made only for those days of unemployment on which work is ordinarily performed in the occupation in the establishment in which the individual is reemployed. No individual shall in any case be entitled to more than four-fifths (⅘) of his or her benefit rate, rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1.00), for that week.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 6; P.L. 1950, ch. 2539, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2833, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-8; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 63, § 3; P.L. 1999, ch. 93, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-9 - Duration of benefits.

§ 28-44-9. Duration of benefits.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 subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title during his or her base period; provided, that the total amount of benefits payable during a benefit year to any eligible individual whose benefit year begins on or after July 1, 2012, shall be an amount equal to thirty-three percent (33%) of the individual's total wages for employment by employers subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title during his or her base period; provided, that no individual shall be paid total benefits in any benefit year which exceed twenty-six (26) times his or her weekly benefit rate. Dependents' allowances to which he or she might be entitled under § 28-44-6 shall be in addition to the total benefits. If the total amount of benefits is not an exact multiple of one dollar ($1.00), then it shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1.00).History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 6; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 6; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 812, § 3; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-9; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 173, § 4; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 4, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-44-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-10 - Termination of benefit year.

§ 28-44-10. Termination of benefit year.Notwithstanding any provision of chapters 42 — 44 of this title to the contrary, if the benefit year of an individual terminates prior to the end of a week in which he or she is totally or partially unemployed and eligible and his or her benefit credits for that benefit year have not been exhausted, then that individual shall be entitled to receive for that week from those benefit credits the full amount of benefits which he or she would have received if his or her benefit year had not so terminated; provided, that this shall in no manner affect the establishment of a new base period and benefit year in accordance with § 28-42-3(3) and (7).History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 6; P.L. 1955, ch. 3426, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-10.
RI Gen L § 28-44-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-11 - Earnings requirement for benefits.

§ 28-44-11. Earnings requirement for benefits.(a) An individual shall be deemed eligible for benefits for any given week of his or her unemployment only if he or she has within the base period immediately preceding the benefit year in which that week of unemployment occurs earned wages amounting to at least twenty (20) times the minimum hourly wage as defined in chapter 12 of this title in each of at least twenty (20) weeks, or, in the alternative, in an amount equal to three (3) times the total minimum amount required; provided, that this section as amended by P.L. 1976, ch. 297, § 1 applies only to those individuals whose benefit years begin on or after July 4, 1976 and prior to October 1, 1989.(b) (1) In order to be deemed eligible for benefits an individual whose benefit year begins on or after October 1, 1989:(i) Must have been paid wages in any one calendar quarter of the base period which are at least two hundred (200) times the minimum hourly wage as defined in chapter 12 of this title, and must have been paid wages in the base period amounting to at least one and one-half (11/2) times the wages paid to the individual in that calendar quarter of the base period in which the individual's wages were highest; provided, that the minimum amount of total base period wages paid to the individual must be at least four hundred (400) times the minimum hourly wage as defined in chapter 12 of this title. The base period wages must have been paid to the individual for performing services in employment for one or more employers subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title; or(ii) Must have been paid wages in the base period for performing services in employment for one or more employers subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title amounting to at least three (3) times the total minimum amount required in paragraph (i) of this subdivision.(2) Notwithstanding any of the above, no otherwise eligible individual who has received benefits in a preceding benefit year shall be eligible to receive benefits in a succeeding benefit year unless the individual, subsequent to the beginning of the preceding benefit year, has earned wages for performing services in employment for one or more employers subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title amounting to at least eighty (80) times the minimum hourly wage as defined in chapter 12 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 5; P.L. 1940, ch. 812, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2835, § 2; P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-11; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 21, art. 2, § 3; P.L. 1976, ch. 297, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 173, § 5; P.L. 1991, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 186, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-44-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-12 - Availability and registration for work.

§ 28-44-12. Availability and registration for work.(a) An individual shall not be eligible for benefits for any week of his or her partial or total unemployment unless during that week he or she is physically able to work full-time and be available for full-time work. To prove availability for work, every individual partially or totally unemployed shall register for work and shall:(1) File a claim for benefits within any time limits, with any frequency, and in any manner, in person or in writing, as the director may prescribe;(2) Respond whenever duly called for work through the employment office; and(3) Make an active, independent search for suitable, full-time work.(b) If an unemployed individual has been determined to be likely to exhaust regular benefits and to need reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the director, the individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the individual participates in reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, unless the director determines that:(1) The individual has completed those services; or(2) There is justifiable cause for the individual's failure to participate in those services.(c) No individual shall be eligible for any benefits for any week in which he or she fails, without good cause, to comply with the requirements as set forth above.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, individuals with a definite return-to-work date that is within twelve (12) weeks of their last day of physical work, as certified by their employer on the employer separation notice provided to the department, shall be exempt from the work search requirements of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-12; P.L. 1973, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 113, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 209, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-13 - Report of wages received.

§ 28-44-13. Report of wages received.In claiming benefits under this chapter an employee shall, during each week of his or her unemployment, correctly report any wages received by him or her during that week and shall make those reports in accordance with the regulations adopted as prescribed.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-13.
RI Gen L § 28-44-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-14 - Waiting period.

§ 28-44-14. Waiting period.(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, the waiting period of any individual shall be either:(1) Seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the claimant filed a claim for benefits, during which that individual is totally unemployed due to lack of work; or(2) Seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the claimant filed a claim for benefits, during which that individual is employed less than full time due to lack of work and during which he or she has earned remuneration for services performed in an amount less than his or her weekly benefit rate; provided, that no waiting period credit can be given in either case if a disqualification has been imposed with respect to the whole or any portion of that seven (7) day period under § 28-44-12 or §§ 28-44-16 — 28-44-21.(b) No waiting period shall be given to any individual unless he or she has filed a valid claim in accordance with regulations adopted as prescribed.(c) Benefits shall be payable to an eligible individual only for those weeks of his or her unemployment within a benefit year which occur subsequent to one waiting period, which shall be served at any time during the benefit year.(d) No period of total or partial unemployment shall be counted towards an individual's required waiting period if, with respect to any portion of that period of unemployment, benefits have been paid under the employment security or temporary disability insurance acts of any other state or of any similar acts of any foreign government, or if benefits have been paid under the Temporary Disability Insurance Act of this state or under any similar acts of the United States.(e) In the event that an individual's unemployment is due to a natural disaster or state of emergency, there shall be no waiting period.(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no waiting period shall be in effect from the date of enactment of this article through June 30, 2009.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 5; P.L. 1940, ch. 811, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2535, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3425, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3658, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-14; P.L. 1958, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 215, § 2; P.L. 1961, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 93, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 5, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-15 - Repealed.

§ 28-44-15. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3658, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-15; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-44-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-16 - Labor disputes.

§ 28-44-16. Labor disputes.(a) An individual shall not be entitled to benefits if he or she became unemployed because of a strike or other industrial controversy in the establishment in which he or she was employed. This section shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the director that the claimant is not a member of the organization or group responsible for the labor dispute and is not participating in or financing or in any way directly interested in the labor dispute.(b) Lockouts. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an individual shall be entitled to benefits if his or her unemployment is the result of his or her employer's withholding of employment for the purpose of resisting collective bargaining demands or gaining collective bargaining concessions, unless:(1) The claimant's employer is a member of a multi-employer collective bargaining group and the lockout is in response to a strike at another member of that multi-employer collective bargaining group; or(2) The claimant's employer establishes to the satisfaction of the director that it has offered to the labor organization representing the claimant an extension of then existing wages, hours, and working conditions, including enforceable no strike and no lockout prohibitions, for up to three (3) days and the lockout is in response to the labor organization's refusal to execute the extension.(c) If the unemployment continues more than one week following the conclusion of a labor dispute, an individual who is otherwise eligible under the terms of this chapter shall be entitled to benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3620, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-16; P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-17.1 - Voluntary leaving as protection from domestic abuse.

§ 28-44-17.1. Voluntary leaving as protection from domestic abuse.(a) An individual shall be eligible for waiting period credit or benefits if that individual voluntarily leaves work due to circumstances directly resulting from domestic abuse, as defined in chapter 8.1 of title 8, and the individual:(1) Reasonably fears future domestic abuse at or on route to or from the individual's place of employment;(2) Wishes to relocate to another geographic area in order to avoid future domestic abuse against the individual or the individual's family; or(3) Reasonably believes that leaving work is necessary for the future safety of the individual or the individual's family.(b) When determining whether an individual has experienced domestic abuse for the purpose of employment benefits, the department of labor and training shall require that the individual provide documentation of domestic abuse, including, but not limited to, police or court records, or other documentation of domestic abuse from a shelter worker, attorney, member of the clergy, or medical or other professional from whom the individual has sought assistance.(c) All documentation of evidence shall be kept confidential unless consent for disclosure is given by the individual.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 340, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-19 - Receipt of compensation.

§ 28-44-19. Receipt of compensation.(a) An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week of his or her unemployment occurring within any period with respect to which that individual is currently receiving, or has received, remuneration in the form of:(1) Compensation for temporary partial disability under a workers' compensation law of any state or under a similar law of the United States; or(2) Benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any state or of the United States.(b) If the remuneration designated in subsection (a) of this section is less than the benefits which would otherwise be due under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, he or she shall be entitled to receive for that week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of that remuneration.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 7; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 5; P.L. 1940, ch. 812, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2205, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-19.
RI Gen L § 28-44-19.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-19.1 - Disqualifying income.

§ 28-44-19.1. Disqualifying income.An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week of his or her unemployment within any period with respect to which that individual is currently receiving or has received retirement income in accordance with the following provisions:(1) The amount of compensation payable to an individual for any week which begins in a period with respect to which that individual is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or any other similar periodic payment which is based on the previous work of that individual shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the amount of that pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to that week, if that deduction is required as a condition for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq; provided, that if the individual made no contribution to the retirement plan then the amount of compensation payable to the individual shall be reduced, but not below zero, by the full amount of that pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to that week.(2) If at any time following May 3, 1979, subdivision (1) of this section or any provision of it is not required by federal law in order for an eligible employer to qualify for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq., then subdivision (1) of this section or the provision of it is no longer required and shall have no force or effect.(3) Social Security benefits received by an individual shall not be included or considered as disqualifying income under the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 108, § 8; P.L. 1993, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 89, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-44-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-21 - Vacation periods.

§ 28-44-21. Vacation periods.An individual who has established eligibility for benefits by conforming to the provisions of §§ 28-44-12 and 28-44-13 and who is otherwise eligible and who files a claim for waiting period credits or unemployment compensation benefits during a bona fide vacation period as determined by the director shall be ineligible for waiting period credits or benefits, unless he or she can show to the satisfaction of the director:(1) That he or she did not receive and is not entitled to receive directly or indirectly as an incident to a vacation period any vacation pay, remuneration, or similar payment; or(2) That the vacation pay, remuneration, or similar payment, which the individual receives or is entitled to receive in connection with that vacation period, is less than his or her weekly benefit rate, in which case that individual shall be entitled to waiting period credits or benefits in the same manner as if he or she were partially employed. For the purpose of ascertaining eligibility under this section the total sum of the vacation pay or other allowances shall be apportioned to the weeks of unemployment comprising a vacation period, as shall be determined by regulations adopted as prescribed; and(3) That the vacation period was not the result of an individual request on his or her part for a vacation during a period where there was work for him or her at the establishment at which he or she was customarily employed and at a time when that establishment was not shut down for a vacation period.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 6; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2277, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-21.
RI Gen L § 28-44-22, 28-44-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-22, 28-44-23 - Repealed.

§ 28-44-22, 28-44-23. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-44-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-24 - Disqualification for fraud.

§ 28-44-24. Disqualification for fraud.(a) An individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of knowingly or fraudulently making a false statement, or knowingly or fraudulently misrepresenting a material fact, with intent to defraud the employment security fund of any benefit or to wrongfully obtain or increase any benefit, either for himself or herself or for any other person, whether under chapters 42 — 44 of this title or under an employment security law of any other state, of the federal government, or of a foreign government, in regard to which this state acted as agent pursuant to an agreement authorized by chapters 42 — 44 of this title, shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for a period of one year following that conviction.(b) This disqualification shall be imposed by the director and shall be in addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed under any other provision in chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-24.
RI Gen L § 28-44-25 - 28-44-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-25 - 28-44-36 - Repealed.

§ 28-44-25 — 28-44-36. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-44-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-44 - Employment Security - Benefits|Section 28-44-37 - Place of filing claims.

§ 28-44-37. Place of filing claims.Benefit claims shall be filed pursuant to regulations adopted as prescribed at an employment office or any other agency that the director may designate.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-37.