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RI Gen L § 28-42-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-12 - Election by exempt employer to become subject to provisions.

§ 28-42-12. Election by exempt employer to become subject to provisions.Any employing unit for which services are performed that do not constitute employment as defined in this chapter, may file a written election with the director that all services performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of business, shall be deemed to constitute employment for all the purposes of chapters 42 — 44 of this title for not less than two (2) calendar years. Upon the written approval of that election by the director, those services shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to those chapters from the date stated in the approval. Those services shall cease to be deemed employment subject to these chapters as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to those two (2) calendar years, only if not later than January 31 of that calendar year, either that employing unit has filed with the director a written notice to that effect, or the director on his or her own motion has given notice of termination of that coverage.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 3; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 3; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3422, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-12.
RI Gen L § 28-42-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-13 - State employees.

§ 28-42-13. State employees.Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to be employing units and services performed in the employ of the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to those chapters with the exception set forth in § 28-42-14. Except as otherwise provided herein, all other provisions of these chapters shall continue to be applicable.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 23; P.L. 1955, ch. 3428, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-13; P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-42-13.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-13.1 - Employees of political subdivisions, their instrumentalities and other governmental entities.

§ 28-42-13.1. Employees of political subdivisions, their instrumentalities and other governmental entities.Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the political subdivisions of the state and the instrumentalities of those political subdivisions and all other governmental entities as defined in § 28-42-3(22) shall be deemed to be employing units. Service performed in the employ of those governmental entities shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to those chapters with the exception set forth in § 28-42-14. Except as otherwise provided herein, all other provisions of those chapters shall continue to be applicable.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-42-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-14 - Employees of governmental entities.

§ 28-42-14. Employees of governmental entities.For the purposes of §§ 28-42-13 and 28-42-13.1, "employment" does not include services performed in the employ of a "governmental entity" as defined in § 28-42-3(22) by an individual in the exercise of duties:(1) As an elected official;(2) As a member of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary of a state or political subdivision;(3) As a member of the national guard or air national guard;(4) As an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency; or(5) In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this state, is designated as a:(i) Major non-tenure policymaking or advisory position; or(ii) Policymaking or advisory position, the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight (8) hours per week.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 23; P.L. 1955, ch. 3428, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-14; P.L. 1971, ch. 94, § 6; P.L. 1977, ch. 92, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-42-15 - 28-42-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-15 - 28-42-17 - Repealed.

§ 28-42-15 — 28-42-17. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-42-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-18 - Establishment of fund.

§ 28-42-18. Establishment of fund.(a) There is created the employment security fund, to be administered by the director without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. This fund shall consist of:(1) All contributions paid pursuant to §§ 28-43-16 — 28-43-22;(2) All other moneys paid into and received by the fund;(3) Property and securities acquired by and through the use of moneys belonging to the fund;(4) Interest earned upon the money belonging to the fund; and(5) All money credited to this state's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103.(6) Advances from the general fund, authorized by the governor and the director of administration, for the purpose of repaying loans outstanding from the federal government or for paying unemployment insurance benefits due to avoid borrowing from the federal government in a given fiscal year. However, all such advances made to the fund shall be repaid to the general fund, with interest as determined by the general treasurer, within the same fiscal year.(b) All moneys in the fund shall be mingled and undivided.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-18; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 282, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 17, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 25; P.L. 1986, ch. 409, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 144, art. 14, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 11, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-42-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-19 - Disbursements from fund.

§ 28-42-19. Disbursements from fund.The fund shall be administered and used solely to pay benefits upon vouchers drawn on the fund by the director pursuant to regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed and no other disbursement shall be made from them except as provided in §§ 28-42-21, 28-42-22, and 28-43-13. Those regulations shall be governed by and be consistent with any applicable constitutional requirements, but the procedure prescribed by those rules shall be deemed to satisfy and shall be in lieu of any and all statutory requirements for specific appropriation or other formal release by state officers of state moneys prior to their expenditure which might otherwise be applicable to withdrawals from the fund.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-19.
RI Gen L § 28-42-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-20 - Treasurer of fund - Bond - Subordinates or employees.

§ 28-42-20. Treasurer of fund — Bond — Subordinates or employees.The general treasurer shall be custodian and treasurer of the fund and shall pay all vouchers duly authenticated and drawn upon the fund. He or she shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the fund and not otherwise held or deposited or invested pursuant to chapters 42 — 44 of this title. The general treasurer shall give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of his or her duties as custodian and treasurer of the fund, in a form prescribed by statute and approved by the attorney general, and in amount specified by the director and approved by the governor. All premiums upon bonds required pursuant to this section when furnished by an authorized surety company or by a duly constituted governmental bonding fund shall be paid from the employment security administration account. The general treasurer shall deposit the moneys in his or her custody subject to chapters 42 — 44 of this title. For the proper performance of the duties imposed by this section the general treasurer shall 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.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2811, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-20.
RI Gen L § 28-42-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-21 - Deposits in and requisitions from unemployment trust fund.

§ 28-42-21. Deposits in and requisitions from unemployment trust fund.All money received by the director for the employment security fund established by this chapter shall, upon receipt, be deposited by the director in a clearance account in a bank, in this state, designated as a federal depositary under regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed. The cleared balances in that account shall be promptly transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund established by 42 U.S.C. § 1104, as long as this fund exists. The director shall from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund necessary amounts which shall be used solely for the payments of benefits, except that money credited to this state's account pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103 may, upon an appropriation duly made by the legislature, be used for the administration of this law, subject to the limitations contained in 42 U.S.C. § 1103, and shall for this purpose be requisitioned as needed for the payment of obligations incurred under that appropriation and deposited in the employment security administration account from which that payment shall be made.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2275, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-21; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-42-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-22 - Requisitions from trust fund for temporary disability insurance fund.

§ 28-42-22. Requisitions from trust fund for temporary disability insurance fund.The director shall also from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund any amounts of money that shall be equal to the amount of employee payments already contributed to the fund by employees of the state, and the director shall deposit the moneys upon requisition into the temporary disability insurance fund created under § 28-39-4, solely for the purpose of payment of cash benefits to individuals with respect to their disability, exclusive of expenses of administration.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2275, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2841, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-22.
RI Gen L § 28-42-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-23 - Unclaimed or unpaid moneys from unemployment trust fund.

§ 28-42-23. Unclaimed or unpaid moneys from unemployment trust fund.Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund for the payment of benefits which remains unclaimed or unpaid after the expiration of the period for which those sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits during succeeding periods or, in the discretion of the director, shall be re-deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of this state's account in the unemployment trust fund, as provided herein.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 2, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2275, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-23.
RI Gen L § 28-42-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-24 - Custody and investment of fund or discontinuance of unemployment trust fund.

§ 28-42-24. Custody and investment of fund or discontinuance of unemployment trust fund.Sections 28-42-18 — 28-42-23, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as that unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited in that fund by this state for benefit purposes, together with this state's proportionate share of the earnings of that unemployment trust fund, from which no other state is permitted to make withdrawals. If and when that unemployment trust fund ceases to exist, or the separate book account is no longer maintained, all moneys, properties, or securities in it, belonging to the employment security fund of this state shall be requisitioned by the director, and shall be transferred to the general treasurer as the custodian of the fund, who shall hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit, and release those moneys, properties, or securities in a manner approved by the director in accordance with chapters 42 — 44 of this title. These moneys shall be invested in the classes of securities legal for the investment of public moneys of this state, and this investment shall at all times be so made that all the assets of the fund shall always be readily convertible into cash when needed for the payment of benefits. The treasurer shall dispose of securities or other properties belonging to the employment security fund only under the direction of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 4; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-24.
RI Gen L § 28-42-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-25 - Creation of administration account - Sources.

§ 28-42-25. Creation of administration account — Sources.For the purpose of carrying out chapters 42 — 44 of this title and chapter 102 of title 42 and providing for the administration of these chapters, there is created within the general fund an employment security administration account, referred to as the "administration account," to consist of all moneys that may from time to time be appropriated by the general assembly, or received from the Secretary of Labor of the United States, the railroad retirement board, or other agency, or that may be transferred from the employment security tardy account fund, or the job development fund, for the administration of those chapters. Moneys received from the railroad retirement board as compensation either for services or for facilities supplied to that board shall be paid into this account. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, all money received in this account for the payment of expenses incurred pursuant to an appropriation duly made by the legislature in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1103 shall remain part of the employment security fund and shall be used only in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1103.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-25; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 282, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 17, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 409, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 240, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 21, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-26 - Disbursements from administration account - Unexpended balance.

§ 28-42-26. Disbursements from administration account — Unexpended balance.The entire cost of administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, including salaries and other necessary expenditures, shall be paid by the director out of the administration account. The general treasurer shall be custodian of the account and shall pay all vouchers duly drawn by the director upon the account, in any amounts and in any manner that the director may prescribe. Vouchers so drawn upon the account shall be referred to the controller within the department of administration. Upon receipt of those vouchers, the controller shall immediately record and sign them and shall promptly transfer those signed vouchers to the general treasurer; provided, that those expenditures shall be used solely for the purposes specified in chapters 42 — 44 of this title and its balances shall not lapse at any time but shall remain continuously available for expenditures consistent with these provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-26.
RI Gen L § 28-42-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-27 - Repealed.

§ 28-42-27. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 21, § 2, effective July 1, 2000.
RI Gen L § 28-42-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-28 - Federal funds for administration.

§ 28-42-28. Federal funds for administration.All federal moneys allotted or apportioned to the state by the Secretary of Labor of the United States, or other federal agency, for the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall be paid into the employment security administration account, which shall be within the general fund.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-28; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 4; P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 21, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-42-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-29 - Expenditure of administrative funds authorized by Secretary of Labor.

§ 28-42-29. Expenditure of administrative funds authorized by Secretary of Labor.All moneys received by the director from the Secretary of Labor of the United States under Title III of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., or any unencumbered balance of the employment security administration account except money received for the payment of expenses incurred pursuant to an appropriation duly made by the legislature in accordance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1103, shall be expended by the director solely for the purposes and in the amounts found by the Secretary of Labor to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1941, ch. 1023, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-29; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 5; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 39.
RI Gen L § 28-42-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-30 - Replacement of unauthorized expenditures from administration account.

§ 28-42-30. Replacement of unauthorized expenditures from administration account.If any money received from the Secretary of Labor under Title III of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., or any unencumbered balances in the employment security administration account as of that date, any moneys granted after that date to this state pursuant to the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., or any moneys made available by this state or its political subdivisions and matched by the moneys granted to this state pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., are found by the Secretary of Labor, because of any action or contingency, to have been lost or been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, it is the policy of this state that those moneys shall be replaced by moneys appropriated for those purposes from the general funds of this state to the employment security administration account for expenditures as provided in § 28-42-29. Upon receipt of notice of this finding by the Secretary of Labor, the director shall promptly report the amount required for that replacement to the governor and the governor shall, at the earliest opportunity, submit to the legislature a request for the appropriation of that amount. This section shall not be construed to relieve this state of its obligations with respect to funds received prior to July 1, 1941, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 11; P.L. 1941, ch. 1023, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2275, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-30; P.L. 1963, ch. 70, § 6; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 39.
RI Gen L § 28-42-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-31 - Responsibility for administration - General powers of director.

§ 28-42-31. Responsibility for administration — General powers of director.It shall be the duty of the director to administer chapters 42 — 44 of this title subject to the provisions of those chapters; and he or she shall have the power and authority to:(1) Enforce all the reasonable rules and regulations that may be adopted as provided elsewhere in those chapters and all orders necessary or suitable to that end;(2) Employ any persons;(3) Make expenditures;(4) Require reports; and(5) Take any other action, within his or her means and consistent with those chapters, necessary or suitable to that end.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, § 28-42-31.
RI Gen L § 28-42-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-42 - Employment Security - General Provisions|Section 28-42-32 - Annual report - Recommendations.

§ 28-42-32. Annual report — Recommendations.Annually, by the first day of April, the director shall submit to the governor and to the general assembly a summary report covering the administration and operation of chapters 42 — 44 of this title during the preceding calendar year and making any recommendations that the director may deem proper.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, § 28-42-32.