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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-9.2. - Military service apprenticeship qualifications.

§ 28-45-9.2. Military service apprenticeship qualifications.
(a)
Any person, after having been honorably discharged from military service or having been transferred to reserve status or the national guard after active military service, and whose military occupational specialty provided them with the requisite classroom and workplace training as required by the Rhode Island general laws, or a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the Rhode Island general laws, shall be eligible to use that classroom and workplace training to fulfill the requirements for apprentices and/or journeypersons for the following skilled trades:
(1)
Electricians, as defined in § 5-6-1 et seq.;
(2)
Blasters, as defined in § 23-28.28-31 et seq.;
(3)
Plumbers and irrigators, as defined in § 5-20-1 et seq.;
(4)
Hoisting engineers, as defined in § 28-26-1 et seq.; and
(5)
Mechanical trades, as defined in § 28-27-1 et seq.
(b)
Persons meeting any requirements through military service as described in subsection (a) remain subject to licensing fees and examinations for the desired trade license.
(c)
To the extent that any provisions contained in this section conflict with the requirements for federal-aid contracts, federal law and regulations shall control.
History of Section.
P.L. 2014, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 445, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-10. - Definitions.

§ 28-45-10. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1)
“Apprenticeable occupation” which possesses all of the following characteristics:
(i)
It is customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised learning.
(ii)
It is clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry.
(iii)
It involves the progressive attainment of manual, mechanical, or technical skills and knowledge, which is in accordance with the industry standard for the occupation, that requires the completion of at least a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours of on-the-job learning to attain experience.
(iv)
It requires related instruction to supplement the on-the-job learning.
(2)
“Apprenticeship agreement” means a written agreement complying with 29 C.F.R. § 29.7 between an apprentice and either the apprenticeship program sponsor, or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program sponsor(s), that contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice.
(3)
“Council” means the apprenticeship council as established by § 28-45-2.
(4)
“OA” means office of apprenticeship, United States Department of Labor.
(5)
“Secretary” means Secretary of the United States Department of Labor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-11. - Applicability of chapter.

§ 28-45-11. Applicability of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to a firm, person, corporation, or organization of employees or an association of employers only after that person, firm, corporation, or organization of employees or association of employers has voluntarily elected to conform to its provisions.
History of Section.
P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-13.1. - [Repealed.]

§ 28-45-13.1. [Repealed.]
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 72, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 292, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 387, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 10; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 4, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-14. - State EEO plan.

§ 28-45-14. State EEO plan.
The apprenticeship program shall operate in conformance with state law, including the equal employment opportunity standards and regulations.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 2022, ch. 234, art. 1, § 23, effective December 31, 2022.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-16. - Reciprocity.

§ 28-45-16. Reciprocity.
(a)
When a sponsor of an apprenticeship program registered and operating in a neighboring state requests registration from the department of labor and training to train apprentices for work projects in this state, the sponsor shall be granted registration providing the sponsor conforms with the regulations and standards of the state of Rhode Island.
(b)
An apprentice registered in an approved registered apprenticeship program in a neighboring state will be awarded certification of registration for state purposes upon request and on the condition that the neighboring state’s sponsorship program is registered with the appropriate state apprentice agency.
(c)
The department of labor and training shall have the authority to expand or limit the number of states that are subject to the provisions of subsection (a) by regulation through the promulgation of rules and regulations.
(d)
The department of labor and training shall accord reciprocal approval for federal purposes to apprentices, apprenticeship programs, and standards that are registered in other states by the United States Department of Labor or a registration agency recognized by the United States Department of Labor if the reciprocity is requested by the apprenticeship program sponsor. Program sponsors seeking reciprocal approval must meet Rhode Island wage and hour provisions and apprentice ratio standards.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 387, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-17. - Union participation.

§ 28-45-17. Union participation.
Under a program proposed for registration by an employer or employers’ association, and where the standards, collective bargaining agreement, or other instrument provides for participation by a union in any manner in the operation of the substantive matters of the apprenticeship program, and that participation is exercised, written acknowledgement of union agreement or “no objection” to the registration is required. Where no participation is evidenced and practiced, the employer or employers’ association shall simultaneously furnish to the union, if any, that is the collective bargaining agent of the employees to be trained, a copy of its application for registration and of the apprenticeship program. The department of labor and training shall provide a reasonable time period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than forty-five (45) days for receipt of union comments, if any, before final action on the application for registration, approval, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry › Section 28-45-18. - Vocational school training.

§ 28-45-18. Vocational school training.
(a)
The council on elementary and secondary education may authorize vocational schools to provide apprenticeship classroom training to students subject to the approval of the Rhode Island department of labor and training.
(b)
In the event the council authorizes state-certified apprenticeship training under subsection (a), and a student successfully completes the vocational school program, then the student shall receive apprentice credit, to be applied against a state-certified apprenticeship program requirement set forth by the state apprenticeship council pursuant to § 28-45-13, for one hundred forty-four (144) hours of apprenticeship classroom training.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 291, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 413, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-1. - Short title.

§ 28-46-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Private Nonvested Pension Benefits Protection Tax Act.”
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-3. - Employer tax.

§ 28-46-3. Employer tax.
There is assessed upon every employer who or that ceases to operate a place of employment within this state a tax that shall be equal to the total amount of nonvested pension benefits of those employees of the employer who have completed fifteen (15) years of covered service under the pension plan of the employer and whose employment was or will be terminated because of the employer’s ceasing to operate a place of employment within this state, and, whose nonvested pension benefits have been or will be forfeited because of that termination of employment, less the amount of those nonvested pension benefits that are compromised or settled to the satisfaction of the director as provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-4. - Employer’s notice of intent to cease operations.

§ 28-46-4. Employer’s notice of intent to cease operations.
Any employer who or that intends to cease to operate a place of employment within this state shall notify the director of that intention not later than six (6) months prior to the date the employer intends to cease to operate its place of employment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-5. - Investigation by director.

§ 28-46-5. Investigation by director.
Upon receipt of notification, or upon his or her own initiative when that notification is not given as required, the director shall cause an investigation to be made of the employer to determine the number of employees who have completed fifteen (15) years of covered service under the pension plan of the employer and whose employment was or will be terminated because of the employer’s ceasing to operate a place of employment within this state, and whose nonvested pension benefits have been or will be forfeited by that termination of employment, the amounts of any nonvested pension benefits, if any, of those employees, and any other facts or circumstances concerning the employer, the employees, and the pension plan for those employees as may be necessary or useful to the director to carry out his or her duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The investigation, insofar as practicable, shall be conducted at the employer’s place of employment during normal business hours. The employer shall cooperate fully with the director in that investigation, and shall make available to him or her any books, records, or other information necessary or useful to that investigation. To aid in those investigations, the director is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations and to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of books, records, or other documents. The director may seek, through the attorney general acting on his or her behalf, orders from any court of competent jurisdiction to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this chapter and to punish disobedience of any subpoena issued pursuant to this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-6. - Compromising nonvested pension benefits.

§ 28-46-6. Compromising nonvested pension benefits.
(a)
As part of the investigation of an employer, the director shall determine the amount of nonvested pension benefits that have been compromised or settled to his or her satisfaction.
(b)
Nonvested pension benefits may be compromised or settled by:
(1)
Agreement between the employer and employee that is mutually understood by both parties to be a complete and final satisfaction of those benefits; or
(2)
A provision in a collective bargaining agreement to which both the employer and employee are a party concerning the disposition of pension benefits in case the employer ceases to operate a place of employment or providing a benefit to the employee contingent upon the employer ceasing to operate a place of employment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-7. - Tax liability and lien.

§ 28-46-7. Tax liability and lien.
After the investigation of the employer, the director shall certify to the tax administrator the total amount of nonvested pension benefits that are includable in determining an employer’s tax liability under this chapter and the amount of those benefits that have been compromised or settled to the satisfaction of the commissioner. The tax administrator shall determine the amount of an employer’s tax liability under this chapter and shall notify the employer of the amount of the tax. The tax shall be due and payable to the tax administrator on the date that the employer ceases to operate its place of employment and shall be a lien upon all of the employer’s assets within this state. If the tax is not paid when due, the employer shall be liable for interest on the amount due at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum until the tax and interest are paid.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-8. - Employee claims.

§ 28-46-8. Employee claims.
The director shall maintain a separate record of each employee of an employer taxed under this chapter who had completed fifteen (15) years of covered service under the pension plan of the employer and whose employment was terminated because of the employer’s ceasing to operate a place of employment within this state and whose nonvested pension benefits were forfeited by that termination of employment and were not compromised or settled. Each employee shall be entitled to make a claim, in the form and manner prescribed by the director, for an immediate payment of the current value of his or her nonvested pension benefits or a deferred pension benefit, and to receive that payment or benefit in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-9. - Termination of employees.

§ 28-46-9. Termination of employees.
For the purposes of this chapter, the employment of any employee terminated within one year, or within any longer period as prescribed by the director when he or she determines that an employer is attempting to evade the provisions of this chapter, of the date an employer ceases to operate a place of employment within this state shall be deemed to have been terminated because of the employer’s ceasing to operate its place of employment, unless the employer can conclusively show that the termination was attributable to some other cause.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-10. - Rules and regulations of director.

§ 28-46-10. Rules and regulations of director.
The director may promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the efficient administration of the provisions of this chapter applicable to him or her, or to clarify those provisions as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The director may use the facilities and personnel of the department of labor and training and any appropriations available to carry out his or her duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-11. - Rules and regulations of the tax administrator.

§ 28-46-11. Rules and regulations of the tax administrator.
The tax administrator is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the assessment and collection of the tax imposed by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-46 - Private Nonvested Pension Benefits › Section 28-46-12. - Funds not to be attached.

§ 28-46-12. Funds not to be attached.
The funds of any employer that are set aside or reserved for benefits under a pension plan of the employer to which employees have a vested right shall not be liable to be seized or taken by virtue of any execution or civil process whatever, issued out of any court of this state, for the collection of the tax imposed by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 295, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-1. - Definitions.

§ 28-47-1. Definitions.
(a)
As used in this chapter the term “employers” shall include:
(1)
Employers with related activity in a given industry employing persons who perform work in connection with the given industry;
(2)
An incorporated or unincorporated association or associations consisting exclusively of those employers provided they employ persons who perform that related work in the given industry; and
(3)
A combination of employers as described in subsection (a)(1) and an association or associations of employers as described in subsection (a)(2).
(b)
The “director” is the director of the department of business regulation.
(c)
“Employee leasing company” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of business entity whose business consists largely of providing workers to one or more client companies by means of employee leasing arrangements.
(d)
“Group self-insurance” as used in this chapter, shall be deemed to be the system of securing compensation as provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-2. - Adoption of plan of group self-insurance.

§ 28-47-2. Adoption of plan of group self-insurance.
Any group consisting exclusively of employers may adopt a plan for group self-insurance, as a group, for the payment of compensation under this chapter to their employees. Under that plan, the group shall assume the liability of all the employers within the group and pay all compensation for which those employers are liable under this chapter. Notwithstanding the previous provisions, the members of a group self-insurer shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of the group self-insurer incurred during the period of membership. Where that plan is adopted, the group shall furnish satisfactory proof to the director of its financial ability to pay that compensation for the employers in the industry covered by it, its revenues, their source, and assurance of continuance. The director shall require the filing of a bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in the state, trust fund, or other adequate security, in an amount to be determined by the director to secure its liability to pay the compensation of each employer as above provided in accordance with the provisions of § 28-47-10. That surety bond, trust fund, or security must be approved as to form by the director. The director may also require that any and all agreements, contracts, and other pertinent documents relating to the organization of the employers in the group be filed with him or her at the time the application for group self-insurance is made. That application shall be on a form prescribed by the director. The director shall have the authority to deny the application of the group to pay the compensation or to revoke his or her consent furnished under this section at any time for good cause shown. The director shall have the authority to deny the application of the group or to revoke his or her consent furnished under this section at any time if he or she is not satisfied that the group can provide adequate claims and loss prevention services to each employer in the group either by the staff of the group or through contractual arrangements with a service company competent to provide that claim and loss prevention services. The group qualifying under this section shall be known as a group self-insurer.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art 3, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-3. - Notice to group — Jurisdiction — Insolvency — Termination.

§ 28-47-3. Notice to group — Jurisdiction — Insolvency — Termination.
An employer participating in group self-insurance shall not be relieved from the liability for compensation prescribed by chapters 29 — 38 of this title except by the payment of the compensation by the group self-insurer or by itself. As between the employee and the group self-insurer, notice to or knowledge of the occurrence of the injury on the part of the employer shall be deemed notice or knowledge, as the case may be, on the part of the group self-insurer. Jurisdiction of the employer shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be jurisdiction of the group self-insurer, and that group self-insurer shall in all things be bound by and subject to the orders, findings, decisions, or awards rendered against the participating employer for the payment of compensation under the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title. The insolvency or bankruptcy of a participating employer shall not relieve the group self-insurer from the payment of compensation for injuries or death sustained by an employee during the time the employer was a participant in the group self-insurance. The group self-insurer shall promptly notify the director, on a prescribed form, of the addition of any participating employer or employers. Notice of termination of a participating employer shall not be effective until at least ten (10) days after notice of that termination, on a prescribed form, has been either filed in the office of the director or sent by certified or registered letter, return receipt requested, and also served in like manner upon the employer.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-4. - Identifying information.

§ 28-47-4. Identifying information.
Each group self-insurer, in its application for group self-insurance, shall set forth the names and addresses of each of its officers, directors, trustees, and general manager. Notice of any change in the officers, directors, trustees, or general manager shall be given to the director within ten (10) days of the change. No officer, director, trustee, or employee of the group self-insurer may represent or participate directly or indirectly on behalf of an injured worker or his or her dependents in any workers’ compensation proceeding. All employees of employers participating in group self-insurance are deemed to be included under the group self-insurance plan.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-5. - Termination of group.

§ 28-47-5. Termination of group.
If for any reason, the status of a group self-insurer under this chapter is terminated, the surety bond on deposit, trust fund, or other security referred to in § 28-47-2 shall remain in the custody of the director for a period of at least twenty-six (26) months. At the expiration of any time or any further period that the director may deem proper and warranted, he or she may accept in lieu of the bond, and for the additional purpose of securing that further and future contingent liability as may arise from prior injuries to workers and be incurred by reason of any change in the condition of those workers warranting the workers’ compensation court making subsequent awards for payment of additional compensation, a policy of insurance furnished by the group self-insurer, its successors or assigns, or others carrying on or liquidating that self-insurance group. That policy shall be in a form approved by the director and issued by any insurance company licensed to issue this class of insurance in this state. It shall only be issued for a single complete premium payment in advance by the group self-insurer. It shall be given in an amount to be determined by the director and when issued shall not be subject to cancellation for any cause during the continuance of the liability secured and so covered.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-6. - Rules and regulations.

§ 28-47-6. Rules and regulations.
The director shall promulgate the rules and regulations that may be required to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, rules and regulations pertaining to contracts of group insurance and excess group insurance with retentions and limits to be prescribed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-7. - Classification of group self-insurers.

§ 28-47-7. Classification of group self-insurers.
(a)
The director shall administer all matters relating to group self-insurance under this chapter.
(b)
The director shall assign each group self-insurer, qualified under this chapter to one of the following groups:
(1)
Manufacturing and trade;
(2)
Transportation, public utilities, and construction;
(3)
Service industry;
(4)
Hospitals licensed under the provisions of the healthcare facility licensing act of Rhode Island that are subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title, and nonbusiness corporations not including educational institutions to which the provisions of chapter 6 of title 7 apply that are subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and that are operated for the benefit of and in connection with any one or more of the hospitals; or
(5)
Miscellaneous.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-8. - Advisory committee for group self-insurance.

§ 28-47-8. Advisory committee for group self-insurance.
(a)
To advise the director, there shall be an advisory committee for group self-insurance, which shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the governor: (1) One of those members shall be named from the manufacturing and trade group of group self-insurance; (2) Two (2) from the transportation, public utilities, and construction group; (3) Two (2) from the services industry; (4) One from healthcare facilities; and (5) One member shall be a group self-insurer selected at large by the governor, who shall be vice-chairperson of the advisory committee. The director, or his or her designee, shall be an additional member of the advisory committee and act as chairperson of the committee. Any member appointed to the advisory committee shall be a group self-insurer or an officer of a group self-insurer or a person who on account of his or her employment or affiliation can be classed as a management representative of a group self-insurer.
(b)
The members of the advisory committee for group self-insurance shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governor. Members shall continue in office until their successors are appointed. In the event that no appointment is made within three (3) months after a vacancy exists or after the expiration of the term of a member, the remaining members may fill the vacancy by a majority vote. If a member is absent from two (2) consecutive regular meetings without adequate excuse his or her place may be declared vacant by the director.
(c)
Members of the advisory committee shall serve without pay, but are entitled to their reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in connection with their duties.
(d)
Regular meetings of the advisory committee shall be held twice a year on the dates to be fixed by the director. In addition, special meetings shall be held if called by the director or any three (3) members of the committee.
(e)
The advisory committee shall have access to all group self-insurance records and shall have the power to require the presence before it of any employee or any group self-insurer. Information obtained by members of the advisory committee shall be deemed confidential unless disclosed by order of the committee.
(f)
It shall be the duty of the advisory committee to advise the director on all matters relating to group self-insurance, particularly in respect to rules governing group self-insurance, the deposit or withdrawal of securities, and on such other matters as the director shall request.
(g)
The director shall detail to the advisory committee any stenographic or other assistance that may be necessary.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-9. - Audit of group self-insurance.

§ 28-47-9. Audit of group self-insurance.
The director annually, as soon as practicable after April 1 in each succeeding year, shall ascertain the total amount of expenses, including in addition to the direct costs of personal services, the cost of maintenance and operation; the cost of retirement contributions made and workers’ compensation premiums paid by the state for or on account of personnel; rentals for space occupied in state-owned or state-leased buildings; and all other direct or indirect costs incurred by the department of business regulation during the preceding calendar year in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Those expenses shall be assessed against all group self-insurers including for this purpose employers who or that have ceased to exercise the privilege of group self-insurance but have filed a surety bond, trust fund, or other security. The basis of apportionment of the assessment against each group shall be that proportion of those expenses, excluding any expenses associated with a disbanded group, that the written premium or equivalent premium of each group self-insurer at the close of the preceding calendar year bears to the total premium for all group self-insurers. The department may assess any disbanded group based upon the actual expenses incurred by the department for such group in the preceding fiscal year. For the purpose of this assessment, a “disbanded group” means a group in run-off. All those assessments when collected shall be paid to and for the use of the insurance division of the department of business regulation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 83, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 53, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-10. - Surety bonds or other security.

§ 28-47-10. Surety bonds or other security.
For the purpose of this chapter, the amount of surety bond, trust fund, or other adequate security required for group self-insurance plans shall be determined by the director by rule or regulation. If the director requires the group self-insurer to provide security other than a surety bond, the security that the director requires shall reside in Rhode Island and shall be in the form the director requires.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-11. - Assessment against group self-insurers.

§ 28-47-11. Assessment against group self-insurers.
(a)
Whenever the director determines that the compensation and benefits provided by this chapter may be unpaid by reason of the default of an insolvent group self-insurance plan, and the penal sum of the surety bond, trust fund, or other security is about to become exhausted, the director shall levy an assessment against all self-insured employers in that group self-insurance plan to assure prompt payment of that compensation and benefits.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in the event that an employee leasing firm approved under this chapter does not pay the compensation and benefits provided by this chapter by reason of insolvency, and the penal sum of the surety or other security is about to become exhausted, the director shall levy an assessment against all client companies of the employee leasing firm to ensure prompt payment of the compensation and benefits.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-12. - Premium taxes and assessments.

§ 28-47-12. Premium taxes and assessments.
Each group self-insurer, except any group self-insurer composed of the state, municipal governments, governmental authorities of the state or municipalities, or quasi-municipal subdivisions of the state or municipalities, shall pay premium taxes as close as practicable on the same basis as insurers as provided in chapter 17 of title 44. Each group self-insurer shall pay assessments for the workers’ compensation administrative fund pursuant to chapter 37 of this title on the same basis as is practicable as an insurer.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 8; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-13. - Reinsurance.

§ 28-47-13. Reinsurance.
No group may operate as a self-insurer without maintaining both specific and aggregate reinsurance and/or excess insurance in a form and with monetary limits approved by the director and from a reinsurer and/or insurer approved by the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 133, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-14. - Form of entity of group self-insurer.

§ 28-47-14. Form of entity of group self-insurer.
A group self-insurer may constitute itself as any form of legal entity, including, but not limited to, a profit or nonprofit corporation or a partnership. That entity shall not be considered to be carrying on the business of insurance pursuant to § 7-1-5 and shall not be subject to the provisions of title 27.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 133, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-47 - Workers’ Compensation — Group Self-Insurance › Section 28-47-15. - Employee leasing company self-insurance.

§ 28-47-15. Employee leasing company self-insurance.
An employee leasing company that wishes to self-insure without becoming a member of a group of employers shall be subject to this chapter and may adopt a plan of self-insurance and make application to the director for its approval and, for the purpose of this chapter, the employee leasing company shall be considered the group self-insurer. Provided, that the director shall have the authority to exempt any employee leasing company from the provisions of this chapter as he or she deems reasonable. Nothing in this section shall prevent more than one employee leasing company from making an application to become a group self-insurer under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-1. - Definitions.

§ 28-48-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings:
(1)
“Director” means the director of the department of labor and training.
(2)
“Employee” means any full-time employee who works an average of thirty (30) or more hours per week.
(3)
“Employer” means and includes:
(i)
Any person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business entity who or that employs fifty (50) or more employees;
(ii)
The state of Rhode Island, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and any state department or agency that employs any employees;
(iii)
Any city or town or municipal agency that employs thirty (30) or more employees; and
(iv)
Any person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of any employer.
(4)
“Family leave” means leave by reason of the serious illness of a family member.
(5)
“Family member” means a parent, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or the employee himself or herself, and with respect to employees of the state as defined in subsection (3)(ii), shall include domestic partners as defined in § 36-12-1(3).
(6)
“Parental leave” means leave by reason of the birth of a child of an employee or the placement of a child sixteen (16) years of age or less with an employee in connection with the adoption of the child by the employee.
(7)
“Serious illness” means a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment, or condition that involves inpatient care in a hospital, a nursing home, or a hospice, or outpatient care requiring continuing treatment or supervision by a healthcare provider.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 380, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 316, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-2. - Parental leave and family leave requirement.

§ 28-48-2. Parental leave and family leave requirement.
(a)
Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months shall be entitled, upon advance notice to his or her employer, to thirteen (13) consecutive workweeks of parental leave or family leave in any two (2) calendar years. The employee shall give at least thirty (30) days’ notice of the intended date upon which parental leave or family leave shall commence and terminate, unless prevented by medical emergency from giving the notice. The director shall promulgate regulations governing the form and content of the employee’s notice to the employer.
(b)
Parental leave or family leave granted pursuant to this chapter may consist of unpaid leave. If an employer provides paid parental leave or family leave for fewer than thirteen (13) weeks, the additional weeks of leave added to attain the total of thirteen (13) weeks required by subsection (a) may be unpaid.
(c)
The employer may request that the employee provide the employer with written certification from a physician caring for the person who is the reason for the employee’s leave, which certification shall specify the probable duration of the employee’s leave.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 380, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-3. - Employment and health benefits protection.

§ 28-48-3. Employment and health benefits protection.
(a)
Every employee who exercises his or her right to parental leave or family leave under this chapter shall, upon the expiration of that leave, be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced, or to a position with equivalent seniority, status, employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment, including fringe benefits and service credits that the employee had been entitled to at the commencement of leave.
(b)
During any parental leave or family leave taken pursuant to this chapter, the employer shall maintain any existing health benefits of the employee in force for the duration of the leave as if the employee had continued in employment continuously from the date he or she commenced the leave until the date he or she returns to employment pursuant to subsection (a).
(c)
Prior to commencement of parental leave or family leave, the employee shall pay to the employer a sum equal to the premium required to maintain the employee’s health benefits in force during the period of parental leave. The employer shall return the payment to the employee within ten (10) days following the employee’s return to employment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 380, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-4. - Effect on existing employment benefits.

§ 28-48-4. Effect on existing employment benefits.
(a)
The taking of parental leave or family leave pursuant to this chapter shall not result in the loss of any benefit accrued before the date on which the leave commenced.
(b)
Except as provided in § 28-48-3(b), nothing in this chapter shall be construed to entitle any employee who takes parental leave or family leave pursuant to this chapter to any benefit other than benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had he or she not taken the leave.
(c)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect an employer’s obligation to comply with any collective bargaining agreement or employment benefit plan that provides greater parental leave or family leave rights to employees than the rights provided under this chapter.
(d)
The parental leave and family leave rights mandated by this chapter shall not be diminished by any collective bargaining agreement or by any employment benefit plan.
(e)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect or diminish the contract rights or seniority status of any other employee of any employer covered by this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 380, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-5. - Prohibited acts.

§ 28-48-5. Prohibited acts.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right provided by this chapter.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee for exercising any right provided by this chapter.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee for opposing any practice made unlawful by this title.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-6. - Judicial enforcement.

§ 28-48-6. Judicial enforcement.
A civil action may be brought in the superior court by an employee or by the director against any employer to enforce the provisions of this title or of any order issued by the director pursuant to § 28-48-7. The court may enjoin any act or practice that violates or may violate any provision of this chapter, and may order any other equitable relief that is necessary and appropriate to redress the violation or to enforce any provision of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-7. - Enforcement powers of the director.

§ 28-48-7. Enforcement powers of the director.
If, after giving an employer written notice and an opportunity to be heard, the director finds that the employer has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, the director may issue the orders that he or she deems necessary to protect the rights of any employee. The director shall promulgate the rules and regulations that are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-8. - Civil penalty for violations.

§ 28-48-8. Civil penalty for violations.
Any employer who or that violates any provision of this chapter or of any order issued pursuant to § 28-48-7 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-9. - Severability.

§ 28-48-9. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 366, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-10. - Notice.

§ 28-48-10. Notice.
(a)
Each employer shall post and keep posted, in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, a notice, to be approved by the agency, setting forth excerpts from, or summaries of, the pertinent provisions of this chapter and information pertaining to the filing of a charge.
(b)
Any employer who or that willfully violates this section shall be assessed a civil money penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each separate offense.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 380, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations › Chapter 28-48 - Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act › Section 28-48-11. - Use of sick leave for adoptive parents.

§ 28-48-11. Use of sick leave for adoptive parents.
Any employer who or that allows sick time or sick leave of an employee to be utilized after the birth of a child shall allow the same time to be used for the placement of a child sixteen (16) years of age or less with an employee in connection with the adoption of the child by the employee.
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 202, § 1.