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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 11 - Board of Examination of Telecommunication (260-RICR-30-15-11) › Section 260-RICR-30-15-11.4 - Administration

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Application for Licensure
1. Applicants must comply with the
				 requirements in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-10.
2. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-10(f),
				 applicants filing for licenses must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
				 Applications are to be made by an individual applicant filing for the license
				 and category(ies) sought.
3.
				 Applications for examination must be received by the Department of Labor and
				 Training, Division of Professional Regulation at least fifteen (15) working
				 days prior to the examination date.
4. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-5(1)(ii),
				 out-of-state applicants who hold an equivalent license, as determined by this
				 board, issued by another state will be allowed to take the Rhode Island
				 examination. Out of state applicants for TSC who hold no equivalent of TSC
				 license issued by another state and show sworn evidence of three (3) years of
				 verifiable and continuous experience will be allowed to take the Rhode Island
				 TSC license examination.
5.
				 Applicants who apply under the initial or deregulation grandfathering
				 provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-13(a),
				 and who provide evidence of ten (10) years or more of verifiable
				 telecommunications experience covering experience in each category applied for
				 shall be considered as an equivalent to submitting a statement showing three
				 (3) verifiable projects per category and may apply for a TSC license.
a. Persons who are employed by firms or
				 corporations regulated by the Public Utilities Commission; who are retired or
				 terminated prior to and/or as a result of deregulations, may apply for licenses
				 under the Grandfather terms under R.I. Gen. Laws §
												5-70-13(c).
				 Persons who apply pursuant to this paragraph, to qualify for grandfathering,
				 must do so within six (6) months of the date of separation from said firm or
				 corporation.
6.
				 Applicants who otherwise qualify under the provisions of rules and regulations
				 may apply for certification as TSC without company affiliation- or while
				 employed by a company that has a TSC license that is held by some other
				 person.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 11 - Board of Examination of Telecommunication (260-RICR-30-15-11) › Section 260-RICR-30-15-11.6 - Fees

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Fees
Examination Fee:
$36.00
License/Renewal Fees:
TSC:
$120.00
TST:
$ 72.00
TSLI:
$ 36.00
Apprentice:
$ 24.00
Corporation/Partnership Fee:
$120.00
Duplicate/Lost License fee:
$12.00
Late renewal
$12.00 additional fee per month.
B.
				 In the event that a payment for a license, registration, examination fee, or
				 certificate issued under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-70 is
				 deemed improper for the reason of insufficient funds or closed account, said
				 license, examination, registration, or certificate will be invalid until the
				 person to whom the infraction has incurred submits the required license,
				 registration, examination, or certificate fee plus a penalty of twenty-five
				 percent (25%) of the original fee, in the form of a certified check or money
				 order to the proper payee.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 11 - Board of Examination of Telecommunication (260-RICR-30-15-11) › Section 260-RICR-30-15-11.7 - Enforcement

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Authority
1. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-8,
				 the Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Rhode Island Department of
				 Labor & Training, Division of Professional Regulation to assist the
				 department in administering the day-to-day business in accordance with these
				 regulations and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.
2. The Chief of the section shall act as an
				 investigator with respect to the enforcement of all provisions of law relative
				 to the licensing of telecommunications contractors, technicians and installers,
				 and to this effect whenever a complaint is made by the chief of the section to
				 the director of labor and training that the provisions of this chapter are
				 being violated, the director of labor and training, or his/her designee may
				 issue an order to cease and desist from the violation and impose penalties as
				 provided in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-70 against the violator.
3. The violator may appeal the decision of
				 the Director of Labor & Training as provided in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-70-22.
4. Any matters not covered by these
				 regulations or by the R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 shall be referred to the
				 Board for a determination, resolution or action, as appropriate. If any such
				 matter requires immediate attention, it shall be referred to the Board
				 Chairperson, or in his/her absence the Board Vice Chairperson, for a
				 determination pending confirmation by the Board at the next regular meeting, or
				 at a special meeting called for such purpose
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 11 - Board of Examination of Telecommunication (260-RICR-30-15-11) › Section 260-RICR-30-15-11.8 - Interpretation

Current through June 14, 2024
All requests for interpretations of rules and regulations
					 by the board shall be submitted in writing to the Board through the Department
					 of Labor & Training, Division of Professional Regulation. The Board shall
					 render such interpretations within sixty (60) days from receipt by the
					 board.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These rules and regulations are promulgated pursuant to
					 R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										28-41-19 and
					  28-42-34,
					 as amended.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.2 - Employer Registration

Current through June 14, 2024
Whenever an employing unit becomes newly subject to the
					 R.I. Employment Security Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 28-42 through 28-44, or
					 the R.I. Temporary Disability Insurance Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 28-39
					 through 28-41, it shall immediately inform the Director thereof in writing. On
					 or before the tenth day next following the date upon which said employing unit
					 has employed one or more individuals in employment, it shall file with the
					 Department of Labor and Training, Form DET-TX-8, Application for Determination
					 of Liability, or such other form(s) as may be required by these rules or the
					 R.I. Employment Security Act or the R.I. Temporary Disability Insurance Act,
					 containing all such information as indicated thereon.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.3 - Interstate Reciprocal Coverage Agreement

Current through June 14, 2024
A. This rule shall
				 govern the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training in its administrative
				 cooperation with other States subscribing to the Interstate Reciprocal Coverage
				 Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as "the Arrangement."
1. Definitions as used in this Rule, unless
				 context clearly indicates otherwise:
a.
				 "Agency" means any officer, board, commission, or other authority charged with
				 the administration of the unemployment compensation law of a participating
				 jurisdiction;
b. "Interested
				 jurisdiction" means any participating jurisdiction to which an election
				 submitted under this rule is sent for its approval; and
c. "Interested agency" means the agency of
				 such jurisdiction;
d.
				 "Jurisdiction" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia,
				 the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, any Province of Canada or, with respect to the
				 Federal government, the coverage of any Federal unemployment insurance
				 law;
e. "Participating
				 jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction whose administrative agency has subscribed
				 to the arrangement and whose adherence thereto has not been
				 terminated;
f. "Services
				 'customarily performed' by an individual in more than one jurisdiction" means
				 services performed in more than one jurisdiction during a reasonable period, if
				 the nature of the services gives reasonable assurance that they will continue
				 to be performed in more than one jurisdiction or if such services are required
				 or are expected to be performed in more than one jurisdiction under the
				 election.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.5 - Payroll Records

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Every employing
				 unit shall establish, maintain and preserve all payroll records for a period of
				 at least four years from the date when taxes under the Employment Security and
				 Temporary Disability Insurance Acts are due thereon, or the date such taxes are
				 paid, whichever is the later. All such records shall be available at all
				 reasonable times within this state for inspection by duly authorized
				 representatives of the Director. Such payroll records shall, in addition to
				 recording the name of the employing unit and place of employment, show the
				 following data for each worker:
1. Name and
				 address
2. Social Security Account
				 Number
3. Rate of pay per hour, day
				 or week and effective date of such rate
4. Number of hours worked by each employee
				 during each week from date of accession to date of termination
5. Computation of gross wages earned for each
				 payroll period showing separately:
a. Amount
				 of money wages
b. Cash value of
				 wages when payment is made in any medium other than cash
c. Commissions and special payments such as
				 bonuses, gifts, tips, gratuities, dismissal wages, and the like, and the period
				 for which such payments were made.
d. The amount of money paid to an employee as
				 an allowance or reimbursement for traveling or other expenses attributable to
				 business.
e. Time lost because the
				 worker was not available for work during any part of his normal customary
				 full-time hours in any calendar week.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.6 - Posting of Notices

Current through June 14, 2024
Every employing unit in the State of Rhode Island shall
					 post and maintain printed notices of such form and design and in such numbers
					 containing such information as the Director, Department of Labor and Training,
					 may determine to be necessary to administer the Employment Security Act, R.I.
					 Gen. Laws Chapters 28-42 through 28-44, and Temporary Disability Insurance Act,
					 R.I. Gen Laws Chapters 28-39 through 28-41. Such notices shall be posted in
					 conspicuous places where the workers' services are performed.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.7 - Contributions and Reports

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All
				 contributions with respect to employment required by law shall be made on a
				 quarterly basis, and all reports relating thereto shall be made on forms
				 supplied or approved by the Director. Such quarterly payments and reports shall
				 be due on or before the last day of the calendar month next following the close
				 of each calendar quarter, with exceptions set out therein below:
1. Any employer who shall fail to make such
				 reports or to pay contributions when required by this Rule shall, at the
				 discretion of the Director, immediately become liable to pay required
				 contributions on a monthly basis. An employer who had transmitted contributions
				 for twelve (12) consecutive months without delinquency and who is not indebted
				 to the Department of Labor and Training for any previous contributions may,
				 with the approval of the Director, revert to the quarterly basis contributions
				 and reporting.
2. Whenever an
				 employer desires to report and pay contributions on a monthly basis, a request
				 for permission to do so shall be submitted to the Director in writing, and the
				 Director may grant such request; provided, however, that until the written
				 permission of the Director has been received, such employer shall continue to
				 report and pay contributions on a quarterly basis.
3. Monthly reports and payments shall be due
				 on or before the last day of the calendar month next following the month for
				 which said report or contributions are required.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.8 - Extended Benefit Work Search Requirement

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any
				 individual claiming payment for any week of extended benefits shall maintain
				 written evidence of a systematic and sustained search for work and will be
				 required to submit this documentation at the request of the Director. Union
				 workers who are members of a hiring hall are not exempt from the work search
				 requirements while on State Extended Benefits and will be required to seek work
				 outside of the hiring hall and provide a work search as indicated in the
				 Department's work search policy.
B.
				 The work search must consist of a minimum of three (3) employer contacts during
				 each week for which benefits are claimed. For union workers on Extended
				 Benefits who are members of a union hiring hall, checking with the hiring hall
				 may constitute one of the three required job search contacts per week. Records
				 must be kept in accordance with the Department's work search policy.
C. Work search records should contain the
				 following information:
1. The name and address
				 of the company,
2. The date you
				 applied for work,
3. The manner by
				 which you applied for work: in person, sent resume, via the internet,
				 etc.,
4. The specific position and
				 shift for which you applied, and,
5. A copy of your confirmation number or
				 response from an employer if applying on-line and that information is
				 available.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.9 - Cash Value Of Remuneration Otherwise Paid

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Each
				 employing unit required to report wages and make contributions for individuals
				 in employment covered by the Employment Security Act, R.I. Gen Laws Chapters
				 28-42 through 28-44, or the Rules adopted thereunder, or each employing unit
				 required to report wages and withhold and transmit contributions of individuals
				 under any section of the Temporary Disability Insurance Act, R.I. Gen. Laws
				 Chapters 28-39 through 28-41, or the Rules adopted thereunder, where such wages
				 include remuneration paid in any medium other than cash (excepting meals or
				 lodging) shall estimate and determine such remuneration at the fair market
				 value thereof at the time such remuneration became payable.
B. The reasonable cash value of meals or
				 lodging payable as part or all of the wages for personal services of
				 individuals in employment by any employing unit shall be reported and
				 contributions made thereon in accordance with the determination of such cash
				 value resulting from an agreement entered into between the employing unit and
				 such individuals; provided, however, that if the cash value so determined is
				 less than the amounts in the schedule hereinafter set forth, then such schedule
				 shall be used to determine the cash value of such remuneration; and provided,
				 further, that the Director or his/her representative may set the amounts of
				 such cash value based upon an investigation in individual cases.
C. In the absence of a bona fide agreement
				 entered into in accordance with §
										1.9(B)     of
				 this Part hereinabove between an employing unit and any individual in
				 employment for the purpose of determining the cash value of meals and lodging,
				 such cash value shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
Meals and Lodging
Weekly
$80.00
Meals
Per Week
$40.00
Meals
Less than one week
$2.00 per meal
Lodging
Per Week
$40.00
Lodging
Less than one week
$6.00 per day
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.10 - Gratuities and Tips

Current through June 14, 2024
The amount of tips and gratuities customarily received by
					 an individual which is claimed by his/her employer as a credit against the
					 minimum wage for such individual under the laws of the State of Rhode Island
					 and the Rules applicable thereto, shall constitute wages of such individual and
					 shall be reported as such; provided, however, that if in any week of employment
					 the individual, in agreement with his employer shall certify that he/she has
					 received tips and gratuities in an amount exceeding said credit, then such
					 amount shall be reported on the regular quarterly reports required under §
										1.7     of this Part. The said
					 certification shall be retained by the employer and shall be kept with his/her
					 payroll records and a copy shall be furnished to the employee; provided,
					 further, however that if in any week of employment the employer and employee
					 shall disagree on the amount of such tips and gratuities, the Director, or
					 his/her authorized representative, shall determine the amount to be credited to
					 tips and gratuities. The wages reported for any employee shall in no event be
					 less than the minimum wage provided by law.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.11 - Traveling and Business Expenses

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When an
				 employee, under a contract of hire, receives a commission or salary for
				 personal services and the contract does not provide for an allowance or
				 reimbursement for traveling or other business expenses incurred by the
				 employee, then the total amount of commissions and salary must be reported as
				 wages by the employer. Employer contributions must be made, and employee
				 contributions withheld, on the total amount paid to the employee.
B. When an employee, under a contract of
				 hire, receives from his/her employer allowances or reimbursement for traveling
				 or other business expenses incurred by said employee in furthering the business
				 of his/her employer, which are in excess of the actual expenses incurred and
				 accounted for by receipt or voucher submitted by the employee to his employer,
				 such excess amounts are to be considered as wages paid by the employer to the
				 employee for services rendered, and such amounts must be included in all
				 reports of wages paid for the required reporting periods. Employer
				 contributions must be made, and employee contributions withheld, on the basis
				 thereof for those periods during which they were received.
C. All payments made by an employer to an
				 employee, as an allowance or reimbursement for traveling or other business
				 expenses, must be recorded in the books of the employer in a separate expense
				 account maintained for each employee receiving the same.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.12 - Adjustments

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When an error in computing, reporting or
				 paying contributions for any reporting period has been discovered, either by an
				 employer or by the Director, an appropriate adjustment of the account shall be
				 made following documentation of the error; provided, however, that if such
				 error shall be discovered by an employer, he/she hall promptly notify the
				 Director thereof.
B. If such error
				 results in an underpayment of contributions, the employer shall receive a
				 statement of account indicating the amount of such underpayment, and shall
				 forward such amount immediately upon receipt of the statement.
C. If such error results in an overpayment of
				 contributions, upon verification, the Director shall immediately refund the
				 overpaid amount. If the error is discovered by the employer, he/she shall
				 request such refund in writing and shall provide documentation of the payroll
				 figures for the period in question.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.13 - Estimate of Amount of Taxable Wages For Period Not Reported By An Employer

Current through June 14, 2024
If any employer shall have failed to report his/her taxable
					 wages for any period during the twelve (12) months ending on any June 30, as
					 required under R.I. Gen. Laws §
										28-43-7.1,
					 the Director shall, prior to the next succeeding October 31 estimate the amount
					 of taxable wages for such period. Such estimate shall be used for experience
					 rating purposes. As a basis for such estimate, the Director may use any
					 information available in the Department files, including reports filed for any
					 period within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the beginning of the
					 period for which such estimate is made.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.14 - Termination of Accounts

Current through June 14, 2024
A. No employer's
				 account with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training shall be
				 terminated unless and until the employer has provided the following:
1. A completed Termination of Account
				 form.
2. Any and all completed
				 quarterly tax forms.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.15 - Transfer of Assets

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Every employing
				 unit, immediately upon becoming the transferee or purchaser of a substantial
				 part of the assets of any business from a previous owner, whether by sale,
				 lease, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or otherwise, shall report such
				 transfer and the date when it takes place, in writing to the Director. Such
				 report must be received by the Director within ten (10) days of the date such
				 transfer becomes effective.
B.
				 Every executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person who at the
				 time of death was an employing unit, shall notify the Director, in writing,
				 concerning:
1. the date of death of such
				 person, and
2. the date upon which
				 such executor or administrator qualified.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.16 - Revocation Hearing Procedure Under R.I. Gen. Laws Section 28-42-63.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Rules of Practice and Procedure
1. Appearance and Practice.
Any attorney-at-law or any person authorized by law to
					 practice accountancy may represent any employer in any hearings or other
					 proceedings before the Director. Such person must officially enter his or her
					 appearance with the Director.
a. Any
				 person may appear and act for himself or herself, or for a partnership of which
				 he or she is a member, or for a corporation of which he or she is an officer,
				 or for an association or other organization of which he or she is a member or
				 official, and being duly authorized by such association or organization to
				 represent it, in any hearings or other proceedings before the
				 Director.
b. Notice of any change
				 of attorney, accountant, or other duly authorized representative, shall be
				 given promptly to the Director. Said notice of change or withdrawal must be
				 consented to by the employer in writing.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.17 - Filing of Claims For Temporary Disability Insurance Benefits

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Every individual who files a claim under
				 the provisions of the Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance Act shall
				 file such claims in writing, or otherwise as the Director may
				 prescribe.
B. Every otherwise
				 eligible claimant who files a claim for benefit credits shall be entitled to
				 such for each week of unemployment due to sickness only if:
1. He/she is examined by a licensed Qualified
				 Healthcare Provider, as defined by the Director, within the calendar week in
				 which the first day of unemployment due to sickness occurs or within the
				 calendar week prior or subsequent thereto; provided, however, that for good
				 cause as shall be determined by the Director, an examination by a licensed
				 Qualified Healthcare Provider within any other period may be considered as
				 having been made within the period herein set forth.
2. The notice of the claim for benefits is
				 mailed, delivered or otherwise sent to the Department of Labor and
				 Training.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.18 - Filing Of Claims For Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				 Every individual who wants to file a claim for waiting period credit or
				 benefits shall contact the Department's Call Center utilizing the telephone or
				 by any other method prescribed by the Director. Said individual shall:
1. Have in their possession his/her social
				 security card with a valid social security number.
2. File the claim in accordance with the
				 procedures, methods and on forms as prescribed by the Director.
3. Register for work and make themselves
				 available for Profiling Services as prescribed by law with the Employment
				 Service.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.19 - Wage and Employment Reports - T.D.I

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever an
				 individual files a claim for waiting period credit and/or benefits, the
				 Director shall forward a Claimant Employment Report containing the individual's
				 name, social security number and last day of work to the individual's most
				 recent employer.
B. The employer
				 shall return such completed report to the Department. The completed report
				 shall contain the following information:
1.
				 The reason for the individual's separation from employment.
2. The last date the individual actually
				 performed services prior to his/her disability.
3. Whether or not the individual has returned
				 to work following the period of disability and, if so, the date of
				 return.
4. If applicable, the name
				 of the employer's Workers' Compensation insurance carrier.
5. Any discrepancy in the individual's name
				 or social security number from those shown on the form.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.20 - Wage and Employment Reports - U.I

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever an
				 individual files a claim for waiting period or benefits, the Director shall
				 forward a notice of claim filed and termination report to the last separating
				 employer and any base period employers.
B. The employer shall return the form with
				 the following information:
1. The last date
				 the worker actually performed services.
2. Whether or not the claimant had four weeks
				 of work preceding the separation in which the claimant earned at least twenty
				 times the minimum hourly wage in each of the four weeks.
3. Wage information, whether it be quarterly
				 or weekly, if requested.
4. The
				 reason for unemployment.
5. The
				 expected return to work date, if any.
6. Pension information if the claimant is
				 receiving a company pension or payments under any other type of company
				 retirement plan.
7. Vacation
				 information if the separation is due to a personal vacation and/or an official
				 vacation shutdown.
8. Severance
				 and/or dismissal pay amount and the number of weeks that the severance and/or
				 dismissal pay represent.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.21 - Affidavit in Lieu of Wage and Termination/Employment Report

Current through June 14, 2024
A. After an individual has filed a claim for
				 benefits and the employer(s) has failed within a reasonable time as determined
				 by the Director to return the required wage and termination/employment
				 report(s), the individual may file an affidavit with the Department of Labor
				 and Training setting forth the following information:
1. The name and address of any employer for
				 whom the individual performed services for wages during his/her base
				 period.
2. The total wages earned
				 by the individual during the base period from each such employer.
3. The beginning and ending dates of the
				 individual's employment from each such employer.
4. The reason for the individual's separation
				 from employment from each such employer.
5. Such other information as may be required
				 by this Part or the Employment Security Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 28-42
				 through 28-44, or the Temporary Disability Insurance Act, R.I. Gen. Laws
				 Chapters 28-39 through 28-41.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.22 - Vacation Pay

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When an
				 individual meets the eligibility requirements as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										28-44-21 for the
				 receipt of waiting period credit or benefits during a bona-fide vacation period
				 at the establishment in which the individual was employed, any vacation pay
				 received for such period shall be allocated as follows:
1. If the total amount received is less than
				 or equal to his/her average weekly wage, such amount shall be apportioned to
				 the first week of unemployment during such vacation period.
2. If the total amount received is more than
				 his/her average weekly wage, such amount shall be apportioned to each week of
				 unemployment during such vacation period in such a manner that no more than an
				 amount equal to his/her average weekly wage will be apportioned to any one
				 week; provided, however, that where vacation pay is paid on the basis of a
				 contract designed to give the employee a week's pay for each week of vacation,
				 such amounts may be substituted for the "Average Weekly Wage."
a. The term "Average Weekly Wage" as used in
				 this Part means the average straight time weekly earnings exclusive of bonuses
				 or overtime during an employee's last four weeks of employment immediately
				 preceding his/her vacation period.
3. Vacation pay will be allocated as
				 indicated in the two preceding subsections even though the claimant has been
				 separated by the employer prior to the last working day preceding the vacation
				 period except as follows:
a. The employer has
				 discontinued operations in whole or in part on a permanent basis.
b. The claimant has permanently
				 retired.
c. The claimant has been
				 separated by two weeks or more prior to the start of the vacation
				 period.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.23 - Waiting Period Credit and Benefits For Total and Partial Unemployment

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										28-44-14, every
				 otherwise eligible individual who is totally unemployed shall be deemed to have
				 established the first day of the required seven (7) day waiting period as of
				 the Sunday of the calendar week in which the individual filed a claim on the
				 Department of Labor and Training's online website or contacted the Department
				 of Labor and Training's Call Center to file a claim. To receive a waiting
				 period as provided in this paragraph, an individual must have filed a claim for
				 such waiting period in accordance with the requirements of §
										1.18     of this Part.
B. Any otherwise eligible individual claiming
				 a waiting period based on partial unemployment, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										28-42-3 of
				 the Employment Security Act, may file his/her claim within a period of
				 twenty-nine (29) days after the receipt of appropriate notice from the employer
				 of the amount of wages earned with respect to such week of partial
				 unemployment. The waiting period shall be deemed to have been effective as of
				 the Sunday of the week in which the claim is filed provided that the individual
				 files the claim in accordance with §
										1.18     of this Part, and
				 grosses less than his/her benefit rate.
C. For good cause shown, an individual who
				 failed to file a claim for a waiting period or benefits based on partial
				 unemployment within the time limit set forth in §
										1.23(B)     of
				 this Part, above, shall be permitted to file such claim at any time thereafter,
				 but in no case subsequent to a thirty (30) day period after the end of the
				 benefit year during which the period of partial unemployment
				 occurred.
D. Every employing unit
				 shall furnish written evidence of the amount of gross wages earned to each
				 individual who worked within any calendar week less than the normal, customary,
				 full-time hours. Such evidence shall include the following information:
1. The individual's name and social security
				 number
2. The name and address of
				 the employing unit
3. The
				 week-ending date of the calendar week involved
4. The number of hours worked within said
				 week
5. The gross wages earned for
				 such period, and
6. An entry
				 indicating "unavailable" when the individual worked less than full time
				 although there was more work available.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.24 - Dependents' Allowance

Current through June 14, 2024
A. At the beginning
				 of a benefit year, each individual who makes a claim for Dependents'
				 Allowance(s), as provided for in R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										28-44-6(B) 
				 or
				  28-41-5(B),
				 shall establish to the satisfaction of the Director that he/she shall have
				 contributed to the support of each dependent.
B. While the claimant who first established a
				 current benefit year is in receipt of benefits, including dependents'
				 allowances, for any week or weeks of unemployment during the said benefit year,
				 no other claimant shall be entitled to a dependents' allowance for the same
				 dependent for any such week.
C. Any
				 individual claiming dependents' allowance must supply the dependents' date of
				 birth, dependent's social security number, and any other information the
				 Director specifies to verify the claim for dependency. Dependents must have a
				 birth date prior to the claim's Benefit Year Begin date.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.25 - Payment for Benefits for Interstate Claimants

Current through June 14, 2024
A. This
				 Rule shall govern the RI Department of Labor and Training in its administrative
				 cooperation with other states adopting a similar Rule for the payment of
				 benefits to interstate claimants.
B. Definitions
As used in this Rule the following terms shall have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Agent state" means any State in which an
				 individual files a claim for benefits from another State or States.
2. "Benefits" means the compensation payable
				 to an individual, with respect to his/her unemployment, under the unemployment
				 insurance law of any State.
3.
				 "Interstate benefit payment plan" means the plan approved by the Interstate
				 Conference of Employment Security Agencies under which benefits shall be
				 payable to unemployed individuals absent from the State (or States) in which
				 benefit credits have been accumulated.
4. "Interstate claimant" means an individual
				 who claims benefits under the unemployment insurance law of one or more liable
				 States through the facilities of an agent State. The term "interstate claimant"
				 shall not include any commuter; provided, however, that the RI Department of
				 Labor and Training may, by arrangement with any adjoining State Employment
				 Security Agency, treat certain commuters as interstate claimants if they reside
				 in geographical areas from which the liable State finds that requiring
				 commuters to file their benefit claims in the State of their last employment
				 would cause undue hardship to such claimants. As herein used, the term
				 "commuter" applies to each individual who, customarily commuted from his/her
				 residence in the agent State to his/her work in the liable State.
5. "Liable state" means any State against
				 which an individual files, through another State, a claim for
				 benefits.
6. "State" includes
				 Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia.
7. "Week of unemployment" includes any week
				 of unemployment as defined in the law of the liable state from which benefits
				 with respect to such week are claimed.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.26 - Application of Funds - Partial Payment by Employers

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				 Whenever an employer becomes liable for overdue contributions and is assessed
				 interest and/or penalties for one or more taxable periods and partial payment
				 is tendered and accepted by the Director, such payment will be applied in the
				 following order:
1. to penalties assessed due
				 to the late filing of reports, or the late or non-payment of E.S.
				 contributions.
2. to interest
				 assessed due to the late or non-payment of E.S. contributions.
3. to E.S. contributions
				 outstanding.
4. to penalties
				 assessed due to the late filing of reports, or the late or non-payment of
				 T.D.I. contributions.
5. to
				 interest assessed due to the late or non-payment of T.D.I.
				 contributions.
6. to T.D.I.
				 contributions outstanding.
7. to
				 penalties assessed due to the late or non-payment of J.D.F.
				 contributions.
8. to interest
				 assessed due to the late or non-payment of J.D.F. contributions.
9. to J.D.F. contributions
				 outstanding.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.27 - Wage Record Reporting

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All employers
				 are required to report their employee wages on the Quarterly Tax and Wage
				 Report (DET-TX-17). Employers must enter the social security number, name, the
				 total number of weeks for which the employee received pay during the quarter,
				 the total number of hours for which the employee received pay during the
				 quarter and total wages paid to each employee during the quarter in the Wage
				 Report Section of the form. Alternate methods of reporting, such as computer
				 reports, diskettes, or compact discs (CDs) may be used, subject to the approval
				 of the Director. Employers who have twenty-five (25) employees or more are
				 required to file electronically.
B.
				 Payroll service providers who provide payroll services to twenty (20) or more
				 clients are required to file Quarterly Tax and Wage Reports (DET-TX-17) for
				 their clients electronically.
C.
				 These reports must be submitted by the last day of the month following the end
				 of each calendar quarter.
D. All
				 employers will be required to report the hours and weeks worked information
				 beginning with the filing of the Quarterly Tax and Wage Report (DET-TX-17) for
				 fourth quarter 2007, which is due on or before January 31, 2008.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.28 - Automated Telephone Payment System

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Once the
				 claimant has established a valid claim as prescribed under §
										1.18     of this Part, in
				 accordance with the procedures as prescribed by the Director, and in accordance
				 with inclusive of the R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-44, shall claim weekly benefits
				 in the following manner:
1. The claimant must
				 call the Department of Labor and Training to establish a Personal
				 Identification Number (PIN).
2.
				 Commencing with 12:01 AM of the Sunday immediately following the compensable
				 week ending date for which an individual is claiming benefits, he/she shall
				 utilize the Department's Automated Telephone Payment System, or Online/Internet
				 Payment Application, or by any method prescribed by the Director to request
				 benefits.
3. Each claimant
				 requesting benefits will provide their social security number, benefit year
				 ending date, and Personal Identification Number (PIN).
4. The claimant will be required to answer
				 questions, as prescribed by the Director, to establish their availability and
				 continuing eligibility for benefits for the week in question.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 40 - Income Support › Subchapter 05 - Unemployment And Temporary Disability Insurance › Part 1 - Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs (260-RICR-40-05-1) › Section 260-RICR-40-05-1.29 - Holiday Pay

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Holiday Pay
				 issued by an employer will be:
1. Considered
				 wages under R.I. Gen. Laws §
											28-42-3(29) 
				 and will be used in the base period when computing a claim.
2. Deducted from the gross earnings during
				 the week in which the holiday occurs and prior to computing a weekly benefit
				 amount or recording a waiting period, if the individual performed work on the
				 holiday. Wages for work performed on the holiday shall be deducted from an
				 individual's weekly benefit rate in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
											28-42-3(26)(ii).
3. Considered for a holiday under R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §
											28-44-61 if the holiday is a declared holiday under R.I. Gen. Laws §
											25-1-1.