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RI Gen L § 28-29-6.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-6.2 - Employers' mandatory disclosure.

§ 28-29-6.2. Employers' mandatory disclosure.All employers doing business in the state of Rhode Island shall disclose to all prospective employees at the time of application for employment either that the employer is subject to chapters 29 — 38 of this title or is exempt from chapters 29 — 38 of this title. The employer shall also disclose the specific type of exemption. The disclosures required under this section are included on the first page of any written employment application. If the employer does not have a written employment application, the disclosure shall be in writing.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 421, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-7 - Domestic and farm laborers.

§ 28-29-7. Domestic and farm laborers.Domestic servants, farmers, farm laborers, except as defined in § 28-29-7.2, are not subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-7; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1998, ch. 32, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 355, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-7.1 - Exemption from workers' compensation - Certain real estate persons.

§ 28-29-7.1. Exemption from workers' compensation — Certain real estate persons.A licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson or a licensed or certified real estate appraiser shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of this chapter if substantially all of the remuneration for the services performed by the broker, salesperson, or appraiser, whether paid in cash or otherwise, is directly related to sales or other output rather than to the number of hours worked, and the services are performed by the broker, salesperson, or appraiser pursuant to a written contract that contains the following provisions:(1) The broker, salesperson, or appraiser, for purposes of workers' compensation, is engaged as an independent contractor associated with the person for whom services are performed;(2) The broker or salesperson shall be paid a commission based on his or her gross sales, if any, without deduction for taxes, which commission shall be directly related to sales or other output;(3) The broker, salesperson, or appraiser shall not receive any remuneration related to the number of hours worked, and shall not be treated as an employee with respect to the services for the purposes of this chapter;(4) The broker, salesperson, or appraiser shall be permitted to work any hours he or she chooses;(5) The broker, salesperson, or appraiser shall be permitted to work out of his or her own home or the office of the person for whom services are performed;(6) The broker, salesperson, or appraiser shall be free to engage in outside employment;(7) The person for whom the services are performed may provide office facilities and supplies for the use of the broker, salesperson, or appraiser, but the broker, salesperson, or appraiser shall otherwise pay his or her own expenses.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 422, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 216, § 5; P.L. 1999, ch. 384, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-29-7.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-7.2 - Farm laborers.

§ 28-29-7.2. Farm laborers.Farmers, nursery operators, or farm laborers are not subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title unless the farmers or agricultural employers employ twenty-five (25) or more farm laborers or agricultural employees for thirteen (13) consecutive weeks. Farmers, nursery operators, or agricultural employers who employ twenty-five (25) or more farm laborers or agricultural employees for thirteen (13) consecutive weeks are not subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title if the farmer or agricultural employer maintains health and disability insurance for all of its farm laborers or agricultural employees; provided, that the health and disability insurance premium exceeds the premium for workers' compensation insurance. Farmers or agricultural employers who employ twenty-five (25) or more farm laborers or agricultural employees for thirteen (13) consecutive weeks are subject to chapters 29 — 38 of this title for those agricultural enterprises which produce greenhouse crops, fruit and vegetable crops, herbaceous crops, sod crops, viticulture, viniculture, floriculture, feed for livestock, forestry, dairy farming, aquaculture, the raising of livestock, fur-bearing animals, poultry and eggs, bees and honey, mushrooms, and nursery stock.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 155, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 281, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 377, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-8 - Election by exempt employers to be subject to law.

§ 28-29-8. Election by exempt employers to be subject to law.(a) Employers exempted by § 28-29-7 may come within chapters 29 — 38 of this title by election. The election on the part of the employer shall be made by filing with the director a written statement to the effect that he or she accepts the provisions of those chapters. The filing of this statement shall operate to subject the employer to the provisions of those chapters and all acts amending those chapters for the term of one year from the date of the filing of the statement, and after that, without further act on his or her part, for successive terms of one year each, unless the employer shall, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of that first or any succeeding year file with the director a notice, in writing, to the effect that he or she withdraws his or her election to be subject to the provisions of those chapters, and gives reasonable notice of this to his workers; provided, that any employer now subject to the provisions of those chapters shall not be required to file a further written statement of acceptance or subsequently post notices of his or her acceptance.(b) Any employer, including any corporation officer, who is on December 31, 1998 subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and who has not waived his or her coverage pursuant to § 28-29-17 or by election, shall continue to be subject to those chapters and amendments to them unless or until he or she withdraws, in writing, his or her election to be subject to the provisions of those chapters pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1942, ch. 1193, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-8; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1998, ch. 32, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 1, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 32.
RI Gen L § 28-29-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-9 - Service of process on nonresident employers.

§ 28-29-9. Service of process on nonresident employers.Every employer, subject to or who elects to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title, other than a corporation, who is not a resident of the state or an unincorporated association, a firm or a partnership, having no members resident of the state, shall file with the director a duly executed written power appointing some competent person resident in this state as the employer's agent with authority to accept service of process against the employer in this state and upon whom all process, including the process of garnishment, against the employer in this state may be served, and who, in case of garnishment when the fees for it have been paid or tendered, shall make the affidavit required by law in those cases, and who shall cause an appearance to be entered in like manner as if the employer had resided and been duly served with process within this state. Service of process upon the resident agent shall be deemed sufficient service upon the employer. If the resident agent dies, resigns, or moves from the state, the employer shall file with the director a further written power appointing some other competent person residing in this state as agent for service of process purposes. No power of agency shall be revoked until after a like power has been given to some other competent person resident in this state and filed as provided. Any nonresident employer who has duly filed a withdrawal of election to be subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title may revoke his or her power of agency by a written instrument of revocation filed with the director. No revocation shall be effective as to any liability arising out of any act or omission on the part of the employer occurring prior to the time when the withdrawal of acceptance of the provisions of those chapters became effective.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-9; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-10 - Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required.

§ 28-29-10. Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required.Every employer subject to or who elects to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title that is a corporation shall obtain and file or cause to be obtained and filed with the director a certificate from the secretary of state to the effect that the corporation has in all respects complied with the provisions of chapters 1 — 6 of title 7.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-11 - Annual certificate of compliance.

§ 28-29-11. Annual certificate of compliance.All corporations that are or may become employers subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall annually in the month of June obtain and file or cause to be obtained and filed with the director a certificate from the secretary of state to the effect that the corporation has in all respects complied with the provisions of chapters 1 — 6 of title 7.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3417, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-11; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-29-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-12 - Certificate fee.

§ 28-29-12. Certificate fee.The secretary of state shall be paid five dollars ($5.00) for each certificate issued pursuant to §§ 28-29-10 and 28-29-11.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-12; P.L. 1960, ch. 74, § 15.
RI Gen L § 28-29-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-13 - Posting of summaries of law.

§ 28-29-13. Posting of summaries of law.(a) Every employer subject to or who elects to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall display a copy of the summary of the major provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act in conspicuous places in which workers are employed.(b) Any employer who fails to post the summaries required in this section shall be assessed a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per offense.(c) The director, in his or her discretion, may bring a civil action to collect all penalties assessed. The workers' compensation court shall have jurisdiction to enforce compliance with any order of the director made pursuant to this section.(d) All penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1942, ch. 1193, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-13; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 355, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-13.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-13.1 - Booklets - Information.

§ 28-29-13.1. Booklets — Information.(a) In order to ensure that both employers and employees are fully informed as to their rights and responsibilities, the director shall prepare, publish, and distribute an illustrated booklet explaining, in informal and readily understandable language, those rights and responsibilities. The director shall be responsible for periodic revision of the booklet.(b) The director may present educational seminars and publish a separate volume containing the provisions of the general laws relating to workers' compensation. All fees received from the seminars and the sale of the publications shall be deposited as general revenues. All booklets and the publications referenced in this chapter shall indicate that they are not official publications of the state of Rhode Island, and they are published merely for the convenience of the public. They shall not be relied upon as authority for what is contained in the general laws.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 17; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 206, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 96.
RI Gen L § 28-29-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-14 - Forms prescribed and furnished.

§ 28-29-14. Forms prescribed and furnished.The director shall prescribe the form of a notice informing employees of their privilege under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, and the notice shall be incorporated in the notice prescribed in this chapter. Blank forms of election and withdrawal, as well as summaries as provided by § 28-29-13, shall be furnished by the director, on request.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1942, ch. 1193, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-14; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-29-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-15 - Exemption of professional hockey personnel.

§ 28-29-15. Exemption of professional hockey personnel.Professional ice hockey players, coaches, and trainers employed by a professional ice hockey club, including but not limited to National Hockey League or American Hockey League clubs, shall be exempted from the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title while that employee is temporarily within this state doing work for his or her employer. Professional ice hockey players, coaches, and trainers employed by, or on assignment or transfer from their employer, shall be exempted if the employer has furnished workers' compensation insurance coverage under the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state so as to cover the employee's employment while in this state; provided, that the extraterritorial provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title are recognized in the other state and provided employers and employees who are covered in this state are likewise exempted from the application of the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state; provided further that the requirement for recognition in the other state of the extraterritorial provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and the requirement that employers and employees who are covered in this state are likewise exempted from the application of the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state shall not apply to any employees who are professional ice hockey players, coaches, and trainers employed by a professional ice hockey club, including, but not limited to National Hockey League or American Hockey League clubs described in this section. The benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or similar laws of the other state shall be the exclusive remedy against that employer for any injury, whether resulting in death or not, received by any employee while working for that employer in this state.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 9, § 7; P.L. 1941, ch. 1052, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-15; P.L. 1992, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 475, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 119, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 280, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-29-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-16 - Certificate of coverage by another state.

§ 28-29-16. Certificate of coverage by another state.A certificate from the duly authorized officer of the workers' compensation commission or similar department of another state certifying that the employer from that other state is insured in that state and has provided extraterritorial coverage insuring his or her employees while working within this state shall be prima facie evidence that the employer carries the compensation insurance.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 9, § 8; P.L. 1941, ch. 1052, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-16.
RI Gen L § 28-29-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-17 - Waiver of common law rights - Notice of claim of common law right.

§ 28-29-17. Waiver of common law rights — Notice of claim of common law right.Employees or corporate officers of an employer, or managers, managing members or members of a limited liability company subject to or who have elected to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title as provided in § 28-29-8 shall be held to have waived his or her right of action at common law to recover damages for personal injuries if he or she has not given his or her employer at the time of the contract of hire or appointment notice in writing that he or she claims that right and within ten (10) days after that has filed a copy of the notice with the director, or, if the contract of hire or appointment was made before the employer became subject to or elected to become subject to the provisions of those chapters, the employee, or corporate officer, or manager, managing member or member of a limited liability company must have given notice and filed it with the director within ten (10) days after the filing by the employer who is subject to or who has elected to become subject to the provisions of those chapters of the written statement as provided. That waiver shall continue in force for the term of one year, and after that, without further act on his or her part, for successive terms of one year each, unless the employee, or corporate officer, or manager, managing member or member of a limited liability company, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the first or any succeeding year files with the director a notice in writing to the effect that he or she desires to claim his or her right of action at common law and within ten (10) days thereafter gives notice of this to his or her employer.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 6; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-17; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 355, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 273, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 293, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 403, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-29-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-17.1 - Notice of designation as independent contractor.

§ 28-29-17.1. Notice of designation as independent contractor.(a) A person will not be considered an "independent contractor" unless that person files a notice of designation with the director, consistent with rules and regulations established by the director, in writing, on a form provided by the director, that the person is an "independent contractor." The filing of the notice of designation shall be a presumption of "independent contractor" status but shall not preclude a finding of independent contractor status by the court when the notice is not filed with the director. That designation shall continue in force and effect unless the person withdraws that designation by filing a notice with the director, in writing, on a form provided by the director, that the person is no longer an "independent contractor." Any designation or withdrawal of designation form shall be deemed public information and the director shall furnish copies or make available electronically the forms and designations, upon written request, to any employer or insurer or its authorized representative.(b) The workers' compensation court may, upon petition of an employee, the dependents of a deceased employee or any other party in interest at any time, vacate any "notice of designation" if the "notice of designation" has been improperly procured.(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall only apply to injuries occurring on and after January 1, 2001.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 491, § 9.
RI Gen L § 28-29-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-29 - Workers' Compensation - General Provisions|Section 28-29-18 - Minors deemed sui juris - Claim of common law rights.

§ 28-29-18. Minors deemed sui juris — Claim of common law rights.A minor working at an age legally permitted under the laws of this state shall be deemed sui juris for the purpose of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and no other person shall have any cause of action or right to compensation for an injury to that minor employee except as expressly provided in those chapters; but if that minor has a parent living or a guardian, that parent or guardian, as the case may be, may give the notice and file a copy of it as provided by § 28-29-17, and that notice shall bind the minor in the same manner that adult employees are bound under the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title. In case no notice is given, the minor shall be held to have waived his or her right of action at common law to recover damages for personal injuries.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 6; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-18.