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RI Gen L § 28-42-52 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-52 - Implementation of administrative functions.

§ 28-42-52. Implementation of administrative functions.In order to perform the functions and duties as specified under § 28-42-51, the director of administration is empowered to take any action that shall be deemed necessary and advisable and to assign any subordinates or employees to the department of labor and training that he or she shall deem necessary, which subordinates and/or employees shall be within the classified service and shall be paid out of funds made available to the department for administrative purposes, consistent with the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1951, ch. 2811, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-52.
RI Gen L § 28-42-53 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-53 - Procedural rules and regulations - Record of proceedings.

§ 28-42-53. Procedural rules and regulations — Record of proceedings.The manner in which any disputed claims or any other controversies arising out of the interpretation or application of chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall be presented, or the manner in which hearings and appeals are conducted, shall be in accordance with the regulations adopted as prescribed in these chapters whether or not those regulations conform to common-law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing upon a disputed claim shall be recorded but need not be transcribed unless the disputed claim is further appealed.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-53.
RI Gen L § 28-42-54 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-54 - Administration of oaths - Subpoena of witnesses.

§ 28-42-54. Administration of oaths — Subpoena of witnesses.In the discharge of their duties under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the director or his or her duly authorized representative, the board of review, an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized representative of the board of review, shall have power to administer oaths to persons appearing before them, take depositions, certify to official acts, and by subpoenas, served in the manner in which court subpoenas are served, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents, and records necessary or convenient to be used by them in connection with any disputed claim or in the administration of those chapters; provided, that no person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the director or his or her duly authorized representative, the board of review, an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized representative of the board of review, or in obedience to his, her, or their subpoena in any cause or proceeding before him, her, or them on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture. No individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she is compelled, after having claimed his or her privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that an individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-54.
RI Gen L § 28-42-55 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-55 - Enforcement of subpoenas - Appeal.

§ 28-42-55. Enforcement of subpoenas — Appeal.In case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, pursuant to § 28-42-54, the sixth division of the district court, upon application by the director or the board of review shall have jurisdiction to issue to that person an order requiring that person to appear before the director or his or her duly authorized representative, or the board of review or its duly authorized representatives, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey that order of the court may be punished by that court as a contempt of court. A party aggrieved by an order of the court may appeal that order to the supreme court in accordance with the procedures contained in Art. I of the Supreme Court Rules.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-55; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 9.
RI Gen L § 28-42-56 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-56 - Witness fees.

§ 28-42-56. Witness fees.Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to § 28-42-54 shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the director. Those fees shall be deemed a part of the expense of administering chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-56.
RI Gen L § 28-42-57 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-57 - Parties to judicial action.

§ 28-42-57. Parties to judicial action.The director or the board of review shall be deemed to be a party to any judicial action involving decisions which have been appealed to the courts, and may be represented in any judicial action by any qualified attorney designated by him, her, or it for that purpose or, at his, her, or its request, by the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 8; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-57.
RI Gen L § 28-42-58 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-58 - Inter-agency arrangements for coverage.

§ 28-42-58. Inter-agency arrangements for coverage.The director is authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states, the federal government or its territories, and of foreign governments, whereby, notwithstanding any other provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, service performed by:(1) An individual for a single employing unit for which service is customarily performed by that individual in more than one state, in one of the states and in a territory, or in one of the states and within the jurisdiction of a foreign government, shall be deemed to be services performed entirely within any one of the jurisdictions in which: (i) any part of the individual's service is performed; or (ii) the individual has his or her residence; or the employing unit maintains a place of business; provided, that there is in effect, as to that service, an approved election by an employing unit with the acquiescence of that individual, pursuant to which service performed by that individual for that employing unit is deemed to be performed entirely within that jurisdiction; and(2) Not more than three (3) individuals on any portion of a day but not necessarily simultaneously for a single employing unit which customarily operates in more than one of the jurisdictions set forth in this section shall be deemed to be service performed entirely within the jurisdiction in which that employing unit maintains the headquarters of its business; provided, that there is in effect, as to that service, an appropriate election by the employing unit with the affirmative consent of each individual, pursuant to which service performed by those individuals for that employing unit is deemed to be performed entirely within that jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 12; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2838, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3421, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-58; P.L. 1960, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-59 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-59 - Inter-agency arrangements for payment of compensation through single agency.

§ 28-42-59. Inter-agency arrangements for payment of compensation through single agency.The director shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under chapters 42 — 44 of this title with his or her wages and employment covered under the employment security laws of other states which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in those situations and which include provisions for:(1) Applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two (2) or more state employment security laws; and(2) Avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of that combining.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 12; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2838, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3421, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-59; P.L. 1960, ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 94, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-42-60 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-60 - Cooperation with foreign governments.

§ 28-42-60. Cooperation with foreign governments.To the extent permissible under the laws and the constitution of the United States, the director is authorized to enter into or cooperate in arrangements with the appropriate and duly authorized agencies of foreign governments whereby facilities and services provided under the employment security law of any foreign government may be utilized for the taking of claims and the payment of benefits under the employment security law of this state or under a similar law of that government.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 12; P.L. 1951, ch. 2838, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3421, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-60; P.L. 1960, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-61 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-61 - Continuance of arrangements after changes in law.

§ 28-42-61. Continuance of arrangements after changes in law.If after entering into an arrangement provided in §§ 28-42-58 — 28-42-60, the director finds that the employment security law of any state or territory, the federal government, or any foreign government, participating in that arrangement has been changed in a material respect, the director shall make a new finding as to whether those arrangements shall be continued with that state or territory, the federal government, or the foreign government involved.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 12; P.L. 1955, ch. 3421, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-61; P.L. 1960, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-62 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-62 - Repealed.

§ 28-42-62. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 15; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2834, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 158, § 1, effective January 1, 1996.
RI Gen L § 28-42-63 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-63 - Repealed.

§ 28-42-63. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 15; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 158, § 1, effective January 1, 1996.
RI Gen L § 28-42-63.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-63.1 - Suspension or revocation of registration - New registration.

§ 28-42-63.1. Suspension or revocation of registration — New registration.Whenever any employer fails to comply with any provision of this title, the director, upon a hearing, after giving the person at least five-days notice in writing specifying the time and place of the hearing and requiring him or her to show cause why his or her registration or registrations should not be revoked, may revoke or suspend any one or more of the registrations held by the employer. The notice may be served personally or by mail. The director shall not issue a new registration after the revocation of a registration unless he or she is satisfied that the former holder of the registration will comply with this title. In that case the director may require the filing of such a bond with surety or the deposit of the security that he or she deems necessary to assure compliance with this title.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 279, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-64 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-64 - Failure to make contributions or reports.

§ 28-42-64. Failure to make contributions or reports.Any individual, or employing unit, or its agent, who or that knowingly fails or refuses to make any contribution or other payment required of an employing unit under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, or who knowingly fails or refuses to make any contribution or report at the time and in the manner required by the regulations adopted as prescribed in these chapters, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment not longer than sixty (60) days, or by both the fine and imprisonment, and each day of that failure or refusal shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. If the employer in question is a corporation, every officer of the corporation who knowingly participates in any violation specified in this section shall be subject to these penalties.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 15; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-64; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-42-64.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-64.1 - Injunctive relief.

§ 28-42-64.1. Injunctive relief.(a) The superior court shall have jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin any employer from engaging in business as an employer in this state without a registration or registrations or after a registration has been suspended or revoked.(b) The director may institute proceedings to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter as provided in subsection (a) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 279, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-42-65 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-65 - Pecuniary penalty for failure to file reports or pay contributions.

§ 28-42-65. Pecuniary penalty for failure to file reports or pay contributions.An employer who fails to file any reports required under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, or who fails or refuses to pay any contributions required under those chapters in the manner and at the times as required by the law and regulations or as the director may, in accordance with these chapters, prescribe, shall pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each failure or refusal to file, and where any contribution is due, shall pay an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount due. The foregoing penalties shall be paid into the employment security-tardy account fund, and shall be in addition to contributions and interest required to be paid as provided in chapters 42 — 44 of this title. If any employer fails to pay a penalty, when assessed, it shall be collected by civil action as provided in § 28-43-18.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1956, ch. 3670, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-65; P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 9; P.L. 1978, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 308, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 26, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 17, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 409, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-42-65.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-65.1 - Engaging in business without registration.

§ 28-42-65.1. Engaging in business without registration.A person who engages in business as an employer in this state without a registration or registrations or after a registration has been suspended or revoked, and each officer of any corporation which so engages in business, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each offense be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or be imprisoned for not exceeding one year, or be punished by both the fine and imprisonment. Each day in which that person so engages in business shall constitute a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 279, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-42-66 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-66 - Penalty for violations generally.

§ 28-42-66. Penalty for violations generally.Any violation of any provision of chapters 42 — 44 of this title or of any order, rule, or regulation of the board of review after consultation with the director, for which a penalty is neither prescribed above nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment not longer than thirty (30) days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 15; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-66; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-42-67 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-67 - Disposition of fines.

§ 28-42-67. Disposition of fines.All fines specified or provided for in §§ 28-42-62 — 28-42-66 shall be paid to the employment security tardy account fund.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 15; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-67; P.L. 1986, ch. 17, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 409, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-42-68 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-68 - Recovery of erroneously paid benefits.

§ 28-42-68. Recovery of erroneously paid benefits.(a) Any individual who, by reason of a mistake or misrepresentation made by himself, herself, or another, has received any sum as benefits under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, in any week in which any condition for the receipt of the benefits imposed by those chapters was not fulfilled by him or her, or with respect to any week in which he or she was disqualified from receiving those benefits, shall in the discretion of the director be liable to have that sum deducted from any future benefits payable to him or her under those chapters, or shall be liable to repay to the director for the employment security fund a sum equal to the amount so received, plus, if the benefits were received as a result of misrepresentation or fraud by the recipient, interest on the benefits at the rate set forth in § 28-43-15. That sum shall be collectible in the manner provided in § 28-43-18 for the collection of past due contributions. All interest received pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to the unemployment security interest fund created by § 28-42-75.(b) The department, by agreement with another state or the United States, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 503(g), may recover any overpayment of benefits paid to any individual under the laws of this state or of another state or under an unemployment benefit program of the United States. Any overpayments subject to this subsection may be deducted from any future benefits payable to the individual under the laws of this state or of another state or under an unemployment program of the United States.(c) Beginning October 1, 2013, whenever the director establishes that an erroneous payment was made to an individual due to fraud committed by the individual, that individual will be assessed a penalty equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the erroneous payment. All penalties assessed and collected under this subsection shall be immediately deposited into the employment security fund.(d) There shall be no recovery of payments from any person who, in the judgment of the director, is without fault on his or her part and where, in the judgment of the director, that recovery would defeat the purpose of chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-68; P.L. 1991, ch. 104, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 226, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 130, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-69 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-69 - Complaints to invoke penalties.

§ 28-42-69. Complaints to invoke penalties.The director shall be the party complainant to any complaint and warrant brought to invoke the penalties provided for in §§ 28-42-62 — 28-42-66, and the director shall be exempt from giving surety for costs in any action.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-69.
RI Gen L § 28-42-70 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-70 - Prosecution of criminal actions.

§ 28-42-70. Prosecution of criminal actions.All criminal actions for any violation of chapters 42 — 44 of this title or of any rule or regulation shall be prosecuted by the attorney general or by any qualified member of the Rhode Island bar that shall be designated by the director and approved by the attorney general to institute and prosecute that action.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 12; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2275, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-70.