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RI Gen L § 28-40-6.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-6.2 - Set-off for delinquent income taxes.

§ 28-40-6.2. Set-off for delinquent income taxes.(a) If the tax administrator determines a person has neglected or refused to pay personal income taxes as defined in chapter 30 of title 44, the tax administrator shall notify the director of labor and training of the delinquency. The director, upon certification of the amount of tax delinquency by the tax administrator, shall set off the amount of the tax delinquency against any temporary disability insurance tax refund due that person and shall forward that amount to the tax administrator.(b) The tax administrator may not seek such a set-off unless a delinquency determination for the personal income tax has first been directed to the person. Provided, further, that if a person assessed a delinquency determination for the personal income tax has requested a hearing within the statutory period, no request for set off may be made while the matter is pending in hearing or any appeal from the hearing.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 32, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-40-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-7 - Appeals to board of review.

§ 28-40-7. Appeals to board of review.Any employer, employee, or other person aggrieved by any decision of fact or law by the director as to his, her, or its liability to make contributions or to withhold and pay contributions, or as to the amount of contributions due from or to be withheld and paid by him, her, or it under chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or by any refusal of the director to grant a refund or credit under § 28-40-6, may, either on behalf of himself or herself, or on behalf of his or her employees or other persons aggrieved by the decision, or on behalf of both himself or herself and those employees or persons, within fifteen (15) days after notice of the decision has been mailed to his, her, or its last-known address, file an appeal in writing with the board of review, setting forth the grounds for the appeal. If an appeal is duly filed, the board of review shall set a time and place to give the appellant an opportunity to show cause as to why the decision of the director should be changed. Following that hearing, the board of review shall, as promptly as possible, notify the appellant and the director of its decision on the appeal. The decision shall become final unless the appellant or the director files an appeal to the courts in accordance with §§ 28-41-26 — 28-41-29.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2276, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-7; P.L. 1958, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 1964, ch. 112, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 14.
RI Gen L § 28-40-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-8 - Date from which employees become subject to provisions.

§ 28-40-8. Date from which employees become subject to provisions.If any employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title within the calendar year 1942, or within any calendar year after that, the employees of that employing unit shall become subject to all the provisions of those chapters from the date upon which that employing unit became an employer subject to the provisions of those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-8.
RI Gen L § 28-40-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-9 - Interest on delinquent payments.

§ 28-40-9. Interest on delinquent payments.Employers who fail to make payment of contributions, as required by chapters 39 — 41 of this title, or by the prescribed rules and regulations, shall be additionally liable to the temporary disability insurance reserve fund for interest on those delinquent payments at the rate of one and one-half percent (11/2%) per month from the date the payment became due until paid.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 6; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2841, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-9; P.L. 1981, ch. 26, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-40-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-10 - Priority of contributions in insolvency or bankruptcy.

§ 28-40-10. Priority of contributions in insolvency or bankruptcy.In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contribution payments then or subsequently due shall have the same priority as given to wage claims of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) to each claimant, earned within six (6) months of the commencement of the proceeding. In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension proposal, or composition, under the federal Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., contributions then or subsequently due shall be entitled to the priority provided in 11 U.S.C. § 507.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-10; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 24.
RI Gen L § 28-40-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-11 - Determination of unreported contributions due.

§ 28-40-11. Determination of unreported contributions due.If an employer for any reporting period fails to make any report used for the purpose of determining the amount of contributions payable under chapters 39 — 41 of this title at the time and in the manner required by the prescribed rules and regulations, or if those reports when filed are incorrect or insufficient, and the employer fails to file a corrected or sufficient report within twenty (20) days after the director has required it by written notice, the director shall determine on the basis of such information as the director may be able to obtain, the amount of contributions due from that employer, and the director shall give written notice to any employer of the amount of contributions so determined. That determination shall finally and irrevocably fix the amount of contributions due unless the employer, within twenty (20) days after the giving of that notice, applies to the board of review for a hearing, or unless the director on his or her own volition reduces the amount.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-11.
RI Gen L § 28-40-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-12 - Civil action to recover contributions.

§ 28-40-12. Civil action to recover contributions.If any employer fails to make any payment of contributions or interest on them at the time and in the manner required by the prescribed rules and regulations, the amount of contributions so due shall be collected by civil action. All civil actions shall be instituted in the name of the director, and he or she shall be exempt from giving any surety for costs. Civil actions brought under this section, to collect contributions or interest on them, shall be heard by the court having jurisdiction at the earliest possible date, and shall be entitled to preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil actions except petitions for a judicial review under chapters 39 — 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1947, ch. 1951, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-12; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 37.
RI Gen L § 28-40-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-13 - Representation of director in civil actions.

§ 28-40-13. Representation of director in civil actions.In any civil action brought to enforce chapters 39 — 41 of this title, the director may be represented by any qualified attorney whom the director has designated and employed for this purpose or, at the director's request, by the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-13.
RI Gen L § 28-40-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-15 - Notice of transfer of business - Contributions due immediately.

§ 28-40-15. Notice of transfer of business — Contributions due immediately.The sale or transfer by any employer other than receivers, assignees under a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, trustees in bankruptcy, or public officers acting under judicial process, of the major part in value of the assets of that employer otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and the regular and usual prosecution of that employer's business, shall be fraudulent and void as against the state, unless that employer shall, at least five (5) days before the sale or transfer, notify the director of the proposed sale or transfer and of its price, terms, and conditions and of the character and location of those assets. Whenever that employer makes that sale or transfer, all contributions imposed by this chapter shall be paid at the time when the director is so notified or, if he or she is not so notified, at the time when he or she should have been notified.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1956, ch. 3664, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-15; P.L. 1958, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 281, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-40-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-16 - Collection powers.

§ 28-40-16. Collection powers.(a) The director shall have, for the collection of the contributions imposed by this chapter, all powers as are prescribed for collection of contributions in this title. The director may require any person subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter to file with him or her a bond, issued by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, in such an amount as the director may fix, to secure the payment of the contributions, penalties, and interest due or which may become due from that employer.(b) (1) The director may require the employer to deposit with the general treasurer a bond by way of cash or other security satisfactory to the director in an amount to be determined by the director, but not greater than an amount equal to double the amount of the estimated tax that would normally be due from the employer each month under this chapter, but in no case shall the deposit be less than one hundred dollars ($100).(2) Where an employer who has deposited a bond with the general treasurer under subdivision (1) of this subsection has failed to collect or remit contributions in accordance with this chapter, the director may, upon giving written notice to the employer by registered mail or personal service, apply the bond in whole or in part to the amount that should have been collected, remitted, or paid by the employer.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1956, ch. 3664, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-16; P.L. 1958, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 281, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-40-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-17 - Repealed.

§ 28-40-17. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 11; P.L. 1956, ch. 3664, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-40-17; P.L. 1958, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 7; Repealed by P.L. 1985, ch. 281, § 4, effective June 19, 1985.
RI Gen L § 28-40-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-40 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Contributions|Section 28-40-18 - Waiver of contributions and interest under one dollar.

§ 28-40-18. Waiver of contributions and interest under one dollar.If the total amount due to the department of labor and training from an employer in contributions and/or interest for any period is less than one dollar ($1.00), this amount shall not be assessed.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 28-40-18; P.L. 1958, ch. 185, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-41-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-1 - Fund from which benefits payable - Agencies through which paid.

§ 28-41-1. Fund from which benefits payable — Agencies through which paid.Benefits shall be payable from the fund and shall be paid through employment offices, or any other agencies that the director may designate and the federal Social Security Administration may approve, in accordance with prescribed regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2810, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-1.
RI Gen L § 28-41-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-2 - Wages included for benefit purposes.

§ 28-41-2. Wages included for benefit purposes.Notwithstanding any provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title to the contrary, "wages" as used in the phrase "wages for employment from employers" means, with reference to the benefits provisions of chapters 39 — 41 of this title, only those wages which are paid subsequent to the date upon which the employing unit, by whom those wages were paid, has satisfied the conditions of § 28-39-2 (12) with respect to becoming an employer subject to those chapters. No individual shall be denied benefits under chapters 39 — 41 of this title because his or her employer continued to pay to that individual his or her regular wages, or parts of them, while he or she was sick and unable to perform his or her regular or customary work or services. The amount of any payments, whether or not under a plan or system, made to or on behalf of an employee by his or her employer after the expiration of six (6) calendar months following the last calendar month in which the employee performed actual bona fide personal services for that employer, shall not be deemed to be wages for the purpose of being used as a basis for paying benefits under chapter 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2828, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-2; P.L. 1964, ch. 121, § 2; P.L. 1971, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-41-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-3 - Inclusion of unpaid wages.

§ 28-41-3. Inclusion of unpaid wages.Wages earned by an employee for employment from employers, which remain unpaid because the assets of the employer for whom that employment was rendered are in the custody or control of an assignee for the benefit of a creditor, receiver, trustee, or any other fiduciary appointed by or under the control of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, for all purposes of §§ 28-41-1 — 28-41-6 and § 28-41-11, be deemed to be, and shall be treated as though those wages had been paid to that employee during the calendar year within which those wages were earned.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-3.
RI Gen L § 28-41-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-4 - Repealed.

§ 28-41-4. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1948, ch. 2176, § 1, ch. 2194, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2843, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3431, § 1; P.L. 1958, ch. 211, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 323, § 15, effective July 5, 1995.
RI Gen L § 28-41-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-7 - Total amount of benefits.

§ 28-41-7. Total amount of benefits.The total amount of benefits payable during a benefit year to any eligible individual shall be an amount equal to thirty-six percent (36%) of the individual's total wages for employment by employers subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title during his or her base period; provided, that no individual shall be paid total benefits in any benefit year which exceed thirty (30) times his or her weekly benefit rate; provided further, that dependents' allowances to which he or she might be entitled under § 28-41-5 shall be in addition to these total benefits. If the total amount of benefits is not an exact multiple of one dollar ($1.00), then it shall be raised to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1.00).History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2853, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-7; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 211, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 357, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 272, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 38.
RI Gen L § 28-41-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-8 - Pregnancy benefits.

§ 28-41-8. Pregnancy benefits.An eligible individual who is unemployed due to sickness resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion shall be entitled to receive those benefits which are regularly provided for unemployment due to sickness in chapters 39 — 41 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 5; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2853, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-8; P.L. 1960, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 291, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 211, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 38.
RI Gen L § 28-41-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-9 - Lag day benefits.

§ 28-41-9. Lag day benefits.(a) An individual who, having been unemployed due to sickness and who is in receipt of benefits under this chapter, returns to work prior to the end of the immediately succeeding week, shall be entitled to one-fifth (⅕) of his or her benefit rate for each day of unemployment due to sickness in which work is ordinarily performed in the occupation in which he or she is employed during the week in which he or she returns to work, figured to the highest dollar, including any holiday when the performance of services is waived by his or her employer; provided, that in no case shall any individual be entitled to more than four-fifths (⅘) of his benefit rate, figured to the highest dollar, for that week.(b) An individual who, having been unemployed due to sickness at a later date during his or her benefit year, again becomes unemployed due to sickness, and refiles his or her claim for benefits, shall, if his or her first day of unemployment begins on a day subsequent to the first day of any week, be entitled to one-fifth (⅕) of his or her benefit rate for each day in that week in which work is ordinarily performed in the occupation in which he or she was last employed, including any holiday when the performance of services is waived by his or her employer, figured to the highest dollar, if his or her unemployment continues for seven (7) consecutive calendar days, including the first day of unemployment due to sickness for which he or she has refiled his or her claim. In no case shall any individual be entitled to more than four-fifths (⅘) of his or her benefit rate, figured to the highest dollar, for the week in which his or her unemployment begins on a day subsequent to the first day of that week.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1950, ch. 2538, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3153, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-9; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 211, § 3; P.L. 1961, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 25, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 443, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 33, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 42, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-41-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-10 - Benefits payable for last week of benefit year.

§ 28-41-10. Benefits payable for last week of benefit year.Notwithstanding any provision of chapters 39 — 41 of this title to the contrary, if the benefit year of an individual terminates prior to the end of a week throughout which he or she is unemployed due to sickness 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 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 § 28-39-2(2) and (6).History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3430, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-10.
RI Gen L § 28-41-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-41 - Temporary Disability Insurance - Benefits|Section 28-41-11 - Eligibility.

§ 28-41-11. Eligibility.(a) For benefit years beginning on or after July 1, 1981, and prior to October 7, 1990, an individual shall be deemed eligible for benefits for any given week of his or her unemployment due to sickness 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 in this chapter.(b) In order to be deemed eligible for benefits, an individual whose benefit year begins on or after October 7, 1990: must have been paid wages in:(1) 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 (1½) 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 39 — 41 of this title; or, in the alternative,(2) The base period for performing services in employment for one or more employers subject to chapters 39 — 41 of this title amounting to at least three (3) times the total minimum amount required in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) In addition to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, for benefit years that begin on or after July 1, 2012, an individual must have been unemployed due to sickness for at least seven (7) consecutive days in order to be eligible for benefits.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1200, § 6; P.L. 1946, ch. 1744, § 6; P.L. 1947, ch. 1948, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2176, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2843, § 2; P.L. 1953, ch. 3153, § 2; P.L. 1955, ch. 3518, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-41-11; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 211, § 3; P.L. 1981, ch. 211, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 272, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 186, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 33, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 42, § 2.