Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 50 - Injured Worker Services › Subchapter 05 - Workers' Compensation › Part 11 - Emergency Workers' Compensation Regulation Employee Leasing Workers' Compensation Insurance (260-RICR-50-05-11) › Section 260-RICR-50-05-11.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Beacon Mutual Insurance Company" means the workers'
					 compensation insurance fund established pursuant to R.I. P. L. 2003, Ch.
					 410.
"Client" means an entity which obtains all or part of its
					 workforce from another entity through an employee leasing arrangement or which
					 employs the services of an entity through an employee leasing arrangement. In
					 this regulation, the client may also be referred to as lessee.
"Director" means the Director of Labor and Training or his
					 or her designee unless specifically stated otherwise.
"Department" means the Department of Labor and
					 Training.
"Employee Leasing Arrangement" means an arrangement, under
					 contract or otherwise, whereby one business or other entity leases all or a
					 significant number of its workers from another business. Employee leasing
					 arrangements include, but are not limited to, full service employee leasing
					 arrangements, long-term temporary arrangements, and any other arrangement which
					 involves the allocation of employment responsibilities among two or more
					 entities. For purposes of this rule employee leasing arrangement does not
					 include arrangements to provide temporary help service.
"Labor Contractor" means an entity that grants a written
					 lease to a client through an employee leasing arrangement. In this regulation,
					 the labor contractor may also be referred to as an employee leasing company and
					 or a lessor.
"Leased Employee" means a person performing services for a
					 lessee under an employee leasing arrangement.
"Lessee" means an entity which obtains all or part of its
					 work force from another entity through an employee leasing arrangement or which
					 employs the services of an entity through an employee leasing arrangement. In
					 this Regulation, a lessee may also be referred to a client.
"Lessor" means an entity that grants a written lease to a
					 lessee through an employee leasing arrangement, including the employee leasing
					 companies who are lessees of employee leasing company and multiple arrangements
					 thereof. In this Regulation, the lessor may also be referred to as an employee
					 leasing company and/or a labor contractor.
"Multiple Coordinated Policies Basis" means the insurer and
					 labor contractor will coordinate workers' compensation insurance policies
					 providing coverage to leased employees as set forth in §
										11.4(C)     of
					 this Part.
"Premium Subject to Dispute" means that premium shall be
					 considered subject to dispute only if the insured has provided a written notice
					 of dispute to the insurer or service carrier, has initiated any applicable
					 proceeding for resolving such disputes as prescribed by law or rating
					 organization rule, or has initiated litigation regarding the premium dispute.
					 The insured must have detailed the specific areas of dispute and provided an
					 estimate of the premium the insured believes to be correct. The insured must
					 have paid any undisputed portion of the bill.
"Temporary Help Service" means a service whereby an
					 organization hires its own employees and assigns them to clients for a limited
					 duration, not to exceed three (3) months, to support or supplement the client's
					 work force in special work situations such as employee absences, temporary
					 skill shortages and seasonal workloads. If a temporary help service assigns
					 employees to fill a position or to perform substantially the same
					 responsibilities for a client for not more than three (3) months, the employee
					 shall be considered to be a leased employee.