§ 28-30-1. Court established — General powers. (a) There is established in the state of Rhode Island a workers’ compensation court consisting of a chief judge and nine (9) associate judges having the jurisdiction that may be necessary to carry out its duties under the provisions of the workers’ compensation act, chapters 29 — 38 […]
§ 28-30-10. Hearings open — Recording of decisions. All matters heard by the workers’ compensation court shall be in open session and decisions and decrees shall only be recorded in Providence. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-10.
§ 28-30-11. Representation of parties before court. An employee who is a party to any proceeding before the workers’ compensation court may appear before the court on his or her own behalf. An employer who or that is a party to any proceeding before the workers’ compensation court may appear before the court on the […]
§ 28-30-12. Forms — Rules of procedure. The workers’ compensation court, with the approval of the supreme court, shall prescribe forms, make suitable orders, and adopt rules of procedure to secure a speedy, efficient, informal, and inexpensive disposition of its proceedings under chapters 29 — 38 of this title; and in making those orders, the […]
§ 28-30-13. Controversies submitted to court. (a) Any controversy over which the workers’ compensation court has jurisdiction in accordance with chapters 29 — 38 and chapter 53 of this title, including compensation; reasonableness of medical and hospital bills; degree of functional impairment and/or disability; a dispute between an insurance carrier and an employer under a […]
§ 28-30-14. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 207, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 3, effective June 9, 2014; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 3, effective June 9, 2014.
§ 28-30-15. Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on reduced pay. (a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge on or before July 2, 1997, has served as a workers’ compensation judge for twenty (20) years, or has so served for ten (10) years and has reached the age of sixty-five […]
§ 28-30-15.1. Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997. (a) Whenever any person first engaged as a judge: (1) Subsequent to July 2, 1997, and prior to January 1, 2009, has served as a workers’ compensation judge for twenty (20) years, or has so served for ten (10) years and has reached the age […]
§ 28-30-15.2. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice, or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-15 or § 28-30-15.1. No increment in salary resulting from the temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice, or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer […]
§ 28-30-16. Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on full pay. (a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge on or before July 2, 1997, has served as a workers’ compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has served for fifteen (15) […]
§ 28-30-16.1. Salary for service after retirement. Any workers’ compensation judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of §§ 28-30-15 and 28-30-16, and who is subsequently assigned to perform services in accordance with §§ 28-30-15 and 28-30-16, and when so assigned and performing that service, shall receive in addition to his or her retirement […]
§ 28-30-16.2. Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997, on full pay. (a) Whenever any person first engaged as a judge: (1) Subsequent to July 2, 1997, and prior to January 1, 2009, has served as a workers’ compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or […]
§ 28-30-16.3. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice, or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-16 or § 28-30-16.2. No increment in salary resulting from the temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice, or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer […]
§ 28-30-17. Allowance to surviving spouses, domestic partners of deceased judges. (a) Whenever any judge of the workers’ compensation court who was engaged as a judge prior to January 1, 2009, dies after retirement or during active service while eligible for retirement or during active service after having served fifteen (15) years or more in […]
§ 28-30-18. Additional benefits payable to retired judges and their surviving spouses or domestic partners. (a) All judges of the workers’ compensation court, or their surviving spouses or domestic partners, who retire after January 1, 1970, and who receive a retirement allowance pursuant to the provisions of this title, shall, on the first day of […]
§ 28-30-18.1. Retirement contribution. (a) Workers’ compensation judges engaged after December 31, 1989, shall have deducted from total salary beginning December 31, 1989, and ending on June 30, 2012, an amount equal to a rate percent of compensation as specified in § 36-10-1 relating to member contributions to the state retirement system. Effective July 1, […]
§ 28-30-18.2. State contributions. The state of Rhode Island shall make its contribution for the maintaining of the system established by § 28-30-18.1 and providing the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by annually appropriating an amount that will pay a rate percent of the compensation paid after […]
§ 28-30-19. [Repealed.]
§ 28-30-2. Appointment and terms of judges. (a) Any workers’ compensation commissioner who was appointed and confirmed and who took the oath of that office and is holding that office on July 11, 1990, shall continue to remain in the office of workers’ compensation judge in accordance with the general laws. The appointment and confirmation […]
§ 28-30-20. Calculation of retirement benefits. For purposes of the calculation of retirement benefits, in the event that any judge of the workers’ compensation court participates or acquiesces in a state shutdown or in a reduced salary or a salary deferral plan consistent with any plan imposed upon or agreed to by other state employees, […]
