§ 28-44-1. Source and manner of payment of benefits — Services covered by federal law. Benefits shall be payable from the fund and shall be paid through employment offices, or any other agencies that the director may designate, and the federal Social Security Administration may approve, in accordance with any regulations adopted as prescribed. No […]
§ 28-44-10. Termination of benefit year. Notwithstanding any provision of chapters 42 — 44 of this title to the contrary, if the benefit year of an individual terminates prior to the end of a week in which he or she is totally or partially unemployed and eligible and his or her benefit credits for that […]
§ 28-44-11. Earnings requirement for benefits. (a) An individual shall be deemed eligible for benefits for any given week of his or her unemployment only if he or she has within the base period immediately preceding the benefit year in which that week of unemployment occurs earned wages amounting to at least twenty (20) times […]
§ 28-44-12. Availability and registration for work. (a) An individual shall not be eligible for benefits for any week of his or her partial or total unemployment unless during that week he or she is physically able to work full-time and be available for full-time work. To prove availability for work, every individual partially or […]
§ 28-44-13. Report of wages received. In claiming benefits under this chapter an employee shall, during each week of his or her unemployment, correctly report any wages received by him or her during that week and shall make those reports in accordance with the regulations adopted as prescribed. History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § […]
§ 28-44-14. Waiting period. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, the waiting period of any individual shall be either: (1) Seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the claimant filed a claim for benefits, during which that individual is totally unemployed due to lack […]
§ 28-44-15. [Repealed.] History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3658, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-44-15; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 87, § 2.
§ 28-44-16. Labor disputes. (a) An individual shall not be entitled to benefits if he or she became unemployed because of a strike or other industrial controversy in the establishment in which he or she was employed. This section shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the director that the claimant […]
§ 28-44-17. Voluntary leaving without good cause. (a) For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 2012, an individual who leaves work voluntarily without good cause shall be ineligible for waiting period credit, or benefits for the week in which the voluntary quit occurred, and until he or she establishes to the satisfaction of the […]
§ 28-44-17.1. Voluntary leaving as protection from domestic abuse. (a) An individual shall be eligible for waiting period credit or benefits if that individual voluntarily leaves work due to circumstances directly resulting from domestic abuse, as defined in chapter 8.1 of title 8, and the individual: (1) Reasonably fears future domestic abuse at or on […]
§ 28-44-18. Discharge for misconduct. (a) For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 2012, an individual who has been discharged for proved misconduct connected with his or her work shall become ineligible for waiting period credit or benefits for the week in which that discharge occurred and until he or she establishes to the […]
§ 28-44-19. Receipt of compensation. (a) An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week of his or her unemployment occurring within any period with respect to which that individual is currently receiving, or has received, remuneration in the form of: (1) Compensation for temporary partial disability under a workers’ compensation law of […]
§ 28-44-19.1. Disqualifying income. An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week of his or her unemployment within any period with respect to which that individual is currently receiving or has received retirement income in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The amount of compensation payable to an individual for any week […]
§ 28-44-2. Payment day on holiday. Whenever the day for payment of weekly benefit under this chapter falls upon a holiday, that weekly payment shall be made on either the day immediately preceding or the day immediately following that holiday. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 6; P.L. 1949, ch. 2327, § 1; G.L. […]
§ 28-44-20. Refusal of suitable work. (a) For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 2012, if an otherwise eligible individual fails, without good cause, either to apply for suitable work when notified by the employment office, or to accept suitable work when offered to him or her, he or she shall become ineligible for […]
§ 28-44-21. Vacation periods. An individual who has established eligibility for benefits by conforming to the provisions of §§ 28-44-12 and 28-44-13 and who is otherwise eligible and who files a claim for waiting period credits or unemployment compensation benefits during a bona fide vacation period as determined by the director shall be ineligible for […]
§ 28-44-22, 28-44-23. [Repealed.]
§ 28-44-24. Disqualification for fraud. (a) An individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of knowingly or fraudulently making a false statement, or knowingly or fraudulently misrepresenting a material fact, with intent to defraud the employment security fund of any benefit or to wrongfully obtain or increase any benefit, either for […]
§ 28-44-25 — 28-44-36. [Repealed.]
§ 28-44-3. Wages considered in computing benefits. Notwithstanding any provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title to the contrary, “wages” as used in the phrase “wages for employment from employers” means, with reference to the benefit provisions of those chapters, only those wages that are paid subsequent to the date upon which the […]
