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RI Gen L § 28-42-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-33 - Modifications to protect fund.

§ 28-42-33. Modifications to protect fund.(a) Whenever the director believes that a change in contribution and/or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, he or she shall at once inform the governor and the general assembly and make recommendations accordingly. In that case, the governor may declare an emergency and authorize the director to announce a modified scale of benefits, an increased waiting period, or other changes in rules and regulations regarding eligibility for payment of benefits which the director may deem necessary to assure the solvency of the fund. Those modified regulations are to be in effect until the governor declares the emergency at an end, or until further action is taken by the general assembly.(b) The governor may also request Title XII advances from the federal unemployment account to the account of the State of Rhode Island in the unemployment trust fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 1201 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 1321]. The governor may delegate authority to request funds in this manner to the director, who may request advances in payment as he or she deems necessary, provided that upon making such a request, the director shall notify the governor, the speaker of the house, the senate president, the chairman of the house finance committee and the chairman of the senate finance committee of the action taken.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3292, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-33; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 8, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-34 - Rules and regulations.

§ 28-42-34. Rules and regulations.(a) The board of review shall have the power to adopt, amend, modify, and reject general and special rules and regulations interpreting chapters 42 — 44 of this title and establishing policy relative to administrative procedure as proposed by the director. Those general and special rules shall take effect only after a public hearing on them or public notice of them and after filing with the secretary of state. Regulations shall become effective in the manner and at the same time as prescribed by the board.(b) The board shall have the power and authority to investigate administrative procedure of the department with respect to decisions rendered by the board and the rules and regulations adopted as prescribed. In furtherance of that power and authority, it shall be the duty of the director to make available to the board, upon its request in writing, the records of the department and any other information and evidence that the board shall deem necessary or advisable.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2615, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-34.
RI Gen L § 28-42-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-35 - Publication of statutory text and supplementary material.

§ 28-42-35. Publication of statutory text and supplementary material.The director shall cause to be printed in proper form for distribution to the public the text of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the general and special rules which shall become effective as specified elsewhere in this chapter, his or her annual report to the governor, and any other material the director deems relevant and suitable, and shall furnish these materials to any person upon application for them. Printing and availability upon application shall be deemed a sufficient publication.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-35.
RI Gen L § 28-42-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-36 - Personnel of department.

§ 28-42-36. Personnel of department.The director is authorized, within his or her means, and in accordance with the State Merit System Act, chapters 3 and 4 of title 36, rules, and regulations to appoint and fix the compensation of any officers, accountants, and other persons that are necessary in the execution of the functions of his or her department. The director shall not employ or pay any person who is serving as an officer or committee member of any political party organization or who is a member of the general assembly. The director, in accordance with the State Merit System Act, chapters 3 and 4 of title 36, rules, and regulations, shall fix the duties and powers of all persons thus employed, and may authorize any person to do any act or acts which could lawfully be done by the director. The director may in his or her discretion bond any person handling moneys or signing checks under this section.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-36.
RI Gen L § 28-42-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-37 - Advisory council.

§ 28-42-37. Advisory council.(a) The human resource investment council shall establish a state advisory council of eight (8) members. Four (4) of the members shall be appointed by the governor from recommendations made by the human resource investment council; two (2) of those members shall be persons who, because of vocation, employment or affiliation can be classed as employers and two (2) of those members shall be persons who because of vocation, employment or affiliation can be classed as employees. The chair of the house committee on labor, the chair of the senate committee on labor, the executive director of the economic policy council and the director of the department of labor and training shall serve on the council by virtue of their respective positions. The council shall aid the director of the department of labor and training in formulating policies and solving problems relating to the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, and in assuring impartiality, neutrality, and freedom from partisan influence in the solution of those problems.(b) The council shall provide on or before March 31 of each year to the governor and the general assembly a written report describing its activities.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-37; P.L. 1961, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 226, § 10; P.L. 1982, ch. 414, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 34, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 401, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-38.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-38.2 - Income and eligibility verification.

§ 28-42-38.2. Income and eligibility verification.(a) The department of labor and training will participate in the income and eligibility verification procedures as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1302b-7, which provides for the exchange of information among agencies administering federally assisted programs for aid to families with dependent children, Medicaid, food stamps, supplemental security income, unemployment insurance, and any other state program under a plan approved under Title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., or 1381 et seq., respectively.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the director will provide, upon request: (1) quarterly wage information to all authorized agencies for income and eligibility verification purposes and, further, to the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency operating pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C. § 654 which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (2) quarterly wage information for child support enforcement purposes to the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with United States P.L. 100-485, Family Support Act of 1988; and (3) quarterly wage information to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and to authorized representatives of public housing agencies in accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq. This information shall be made available only to the extent necessary for the valid administrative needs of the authorized agencies and all agencies requesting this data shall protect it from unauthorized disclosures. The department shall be reimbursed by the agencies requesting the information for the costs incurred in providing the information.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 93, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 476, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-38.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-38.3 - Penalty for unauthorized disclosure.

§ 28-42-38.3. Penalty for unauthorized disclosure.Any person releasing or procuring the release of quarterly wage information supplied to the department of labor and training by any employer pursuant to this chapter, except as is otherwise specifically authorized by this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 231, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-42-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-39 - Reports of contracts for services to be rendered within state.

§ 28-42-39. Reports of contracts for services to be rendered within state.Whenever any employing unit, subject to the provisions of § 28-42-38, contracts with any employing unit having its principal office or place of business outside this state, for the performance of any work which would require the services of individuals in employment within this state, the employing unit for whom that work is to be performed, pursuant to that contract, shall render a report to the director, in any manner that the director may prescribe, of the existence of that contract.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-39.
RI Gen L § 28-42-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-40 - Legislative recommendations - Research and planning.

§ 28-42-40. Legislative recommendations — Research and planning.The director, at his or her discretion, shall recommend to the governor for transmission to the general assembly any action that will tend to aid and promote the prevention of unemployment and as will effect the regularization of employment. The director shall encourage and recommend methods of vocational training, retraining, and guidance, shall make a study of seasonal employment, and shall recommend measures which will promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every way that may be feasible. The director shall cooperate with the Rhode Island economic development corporation and the department of transportation in planning public works projects to be conducted in times of depression and unemployment, and publish the results of investigations and research studies.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2732, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-40.
RI Gen L § 28-42-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-41 - Legal representation of state.

§ 28-42-41. Legal representation of state.On the request of the director or the board of review, the attorney general shall represent the director or the board and the state in any court action relating to chapters 42 — 44 of this title or their administration and enforcement, except as special counsel may be designated by the director with the approval of the governor and except as otherwise provided in those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-41.
RI Gen L § 28-42-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-42 - Agent for cooperation with federal government, states, and territories.

§ 28-42-42. Agent for cooperation with federal government, states, and territories.(a) The director is designated as the agent within this state charged with the responsibility of cooperating in all necessary respects with the appropriate agencies and departments of the federal government in the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, or in the administration of any law of either this state or the United States relating to free public employment offices, or relating to payment of employment security benefits under any law of the United States.(b) He or she is further authorized to make those investigations, obtain and transmit that information, make available those services and facilities, including entering into arrangement for them, and exercise those of the other powers provided with respect to the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of any state, territorial, or federal unemployment insurance or public employment service law, including the taking of claims and the payment of benefits, and in like manner, accept and utilize information, services, and facilities made available to the state by the agency charged with the administration of any other employment security or public employment service law. The director is authorized and directed, subject to § 28-42-38, to make all reports requested by any directly interested federal agency or department, and to enter in any agreement with that agency or department, relative to the administration of those laws in this state, and to accept any sums of money, pursuant to those agreements, and to accept any sums of money allotted or appropriated to the director or to this state for that administration, and to comply with all reasonable federal regulations governing the expenditure of that money.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-42; P.L. 1960, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-43 - Acceptance of federal provisions.

§ 28-42-43. Acceptance of federal provisions.The state of Rhode Island accepts the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., in conformity with 29 U.S.C. § 49c, and will observe and comply with the requirements of that Act.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 21; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-43.
RI Gen L § 28-42-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-44 - Cooperation with federal employment service.

§ 28-42-44. Cooperation with federal employment service.The department of labor and training is designated and constituted the agency within this state charged with the responsibility of cooperating with the United States employment service.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 21; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-44.
RI Gen L § 28-42-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-45 - Agreements as to employment offices.

§ 28-42-45. Agreements as to employment offices.For the purpose of the establishment, maintenance, and use of free public employment offices in this state, the director is authorized to enter into agreements with any agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private nonprofit organization, and as part of that agreement the director may accept for his or her use services or quarters, or the director may accept as contributions to the administration account moneys made available to him or her for the purposes of this section.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-45.
RI Gen L § 28-42-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-46 - Maintenance of employment offices.

§ 28-42-46. Maintenance of employment offices.It shall be the duty of the director to administer a system of public employment offices for the purpose of assisting employers to secure employees and workers to secure employment. The director is given full power to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits provided by the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. All duties in connection with the federal act in relation to reemployment, including the establishment and maintenance of a system of employment offices, shall be vested in the director, and the director shall establish and maintain any employment offices in any parts of this state that he or she deems necessary.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 11; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 8; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-46; P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 2, § 3; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-42-47 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-47 - Expenditure of federal funds.

§ 28-42-47. Expenditure of federal funds.All federal funds made available to the director or to this state under the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., shall be paid into the employment security administration account created by § 28-42-25, and those funds are made available to the director to be expended as provided by chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 21; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-47.
RI Gen L § 28-42-48 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-48 - State funds for employment service.

§ 28-42-48. State funds for employment service.All funds made available by the general assembly for the state employment service shall be paid into the employment security administration account created by § 28-42-25, and those funds are made available to the director to be expended as provided by chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 21; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-48.
RI Gen L § 28-42-49 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-49 - Appropriations for employment offices.

§ 28-42-49. Appropriations for employment offices.The general assembly shall from time to time appropriate any sums of money that may be necessary, out of moneys in the general treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of maintaining the public employment offices created under this chapter, and for the purpose of cooperating with the United States employment service.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 21; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 14; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-49.
RI Gen L § 28-42-50 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-50 - Applicability of administrative provisions.

§ 28-42-50. Applicability of administrative provisions.Sections 35-1-1, 35-1-2, 35-3-1, 35-6-1, 35-7-10, 35-7-11, 37-2-1 — 37-2-4, and 44-1-1 — 44-1-3 shall be applicable to all functions and duties performed by the department of labor and training, its director, or his or her authorized representative; provided, that all those functions and duties as are to be performed under chapters 42 — 44 of this title by the department of administration shall not be inconsistent with and shall conform to the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; P.L. 1951, ch. 2811, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-50.
RI Gen L § 28-42-51 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-51 - Additional functions and duties of director of administration.

§ 28-42-51. Additional functions and duties of director of administration.In addition to and/or in lieu of the sections enumerated in § 28-42-50, the director of administration shall perform, at the department of labor and training, in the manner and to the extent that the director may prescribe, the following functions and duties:(1) Establish and maintain a current system of internal financial controls and checks necessary to insure the proper handling of accounts in connection with the employment security fund and the employment security administration account created by this chapter, by conducting a continuous pre-audit or a continuous post-audit or by conducting a combination of both (pre-audit or post-audit). The cost of these post-audit activities by the bureau of audits in the department of administration shall be reimbursed in full by the department;(2) Establish and maintain any methods, procedures, and systems of accounting that may be deemed necessary; those records and accounts to be considered, for all purposes, the official records of the state and department;(3) Prepare and furnish financial and any other reports that may be required; and(4) Perform any other related functions and duties that may be required by chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1951, ch. 2811, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-51; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 10, § 1.