CHAPTER 28-44
Employment Security – Benefits
Index Of Sections
§ 28-44-1. Source and manner of payment of benefits – Services covered by federal law.
§ 28-44-2. Payment day on holiday.
§ 28-44-3. Wages considered in computing benefits.
§ 28-44-3.1. Repealed.
§ 28-44-4. Inclusion of unpaid wages.
§ 28-44-5. Repealed.
§ 28-44-6. Weekly benefits for total unemployment – Year established – Dependents' allowance.
§ 28-44-7. Partial unemployment benefits.
§ 28-44-8. Lag day benefits.
§ 28-44-9. Duration of benefits.
§ 28-44-10. Termination of benefit year.
§ 28-44-11. Earnings requirement for benefits.
§ 28-44-12. Availability and registration for work.
§ 28-44-13. Report of wages received.
§ 28-44-14. Waiting period.
§ 28-44-15. Repealed.
§ 28-44-16. Labor disputes.
§ 28-44-17. Voluntary leaving without good cause.
§ 28-44-17.1. Voluntary leaving as protection from domestic abuse.
§ 28-44-18. Discharge for misconduct.
§ 28-44-19. Receipt of compensation.
§ 28-44-19.1. Disqualifying income.
§ 28-44-20. Refusal of suitable work.
§ 28-44-21. Vacation periods.
§§ 28-44-22, 28-44-23. Repealed.
§ 28-44-24. Disqualification for fraud.
§ 28-44-25 – 28-44-36. Repealed.
§ 28-44-37. Place of filing claims.
§ 28-44-38. Filing of claims – Procedures – Printed copies – Notices.
§ 28-44-39. Initial determination – Notice – Reconsideration of monetary determination – Reconsideration of initial non-monetary determination – Discovery of issue – Appeal – Interested party.
§ 28-44-40. Payment of benefits pending appeal.
§ 28-44-41. Determinations with respect to labor disputes.
§ 28-44-42. Appointment of appeal tribunals.
§ 28-44-43. Filing of appeals from director – Parties – Withdrawal.
§ 28-44-44. Procedure before appeal tribunal – Record.
§ 28-44-45. Consolidated appeals.
§ 28-44-46. Decision of appeal tribunal.
§ 28-44-47. Appeal to board of review.
§ 28-44-48. Removal or transfer of pending appeals.
§ 28-44-49. Conclusiveness of decisions – Reopening for fraud or coercion.
§ 28-44-50. Rule of decision – Certification of questions to board of review.
§ 28-44-50.1. Limits of board of review legal precedent.
§ 28-44-51. Denial of appeal as decision of board of review.
§ 28-44-52. Finality of board's decision – Petition for judicial review.
§ 28-44-53. Parties to judicial review – Service of petition – Certification of record.
§ 28-44-54. Scope of judicial review – Additional evidence – Precedence of proceedings.
§ 28-44-55. Appeal to supreme court.
§ 28-44-56. Waiver of rights void – Agreements to pay employer's contributions.
§ 28-44-57. Fees and costs chargeable.
§ 28-44-58. Exemption of benefits from assignment or process.
§ 28-44-58.1. Child support intercept of benefits.
§ 28-44-58.2. Voluntary withholding of income taxes.
§ 28-44-59. Severance or dismissal pay allocation.
§ 28-44-60. Eligibility for adult basic education or vocational training.
§ 28-44-61. Holiday pay.
§ 28-44-62. Extended benefits.
§ 28-44-63. Benefit payments for services with nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions, and hospitals.
§ 28-44-63.1. Repealed.
§§ 28-44-64, 28-44-65. Repealed.
§ 28-44-66. Athletes.
§ 28-44-67. Denial of unemployment compensation to illegal aliens.
§ 28-44-68. Benefit payments for services with nonprofit organizations and educational institutions and governmental entities.
§ 28-44-69. Work-sharing benefits.
§ 28-44-70. Entrepreneurial training assistance program.
§ 28-44-71. Back to Work Rhode Island Program.