§ 28-31-1. Acceptance of provisions by town, city, or regional school district — Employees covered. (a)(1) The acceptance of the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title by a city or town, except for the city of Providence, shall be by vote of the electors of that town qualified to vote on a […]
§ 28-31-1.1. Employees of the city of Providence covered. (a) The city of Providence shall be subject to and accept the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title and shall be governed by the provisions in these chapters; provided, that this section is not subject to §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10. (b) The city […]
§ 28-31-10. Computation of earnings of guard members. In ascertaining the average weekly wages, earnings, or salary of an injured member of the national guard or the Rhode Island state guard, § 28-33-20 will be followed and for the purpose of that ascertainment, it will be assumed that the injury occurred in the civilian employment […]
§ 28-31-11. Effect of federal benefits to guard members. Where an injured member of the national guard or the Rhode Island state guard receives pay, subsistence, hospitalization, or other benefits from the United States as the result of an injury, those payments shall not affect his or her right to receive compensation under chapters 29 […]
§ 28-31-12. Application to disaster response workers. All members of disaster response forces who are killed or sustain disability or injury while in training for or on disaster response duty shall be construed to be employees of the state and compensated in like manner as state employees are compensated under the provisions of chapters 29 […]
§ 28-31-13. Computation of wages of disaster response worker. If the hourly wages cannot be ascertained, or if no pay has been designated for the required work, the wage for the purpose of calculating compensation under § 28-31-12 shall be taken to be a sum sufficient to guarantee the minimum payments under chapters 29 — […]
§ 28-31-14. Effect of federal benefits to disaster response workers. Any sums payable under any act of Congress or other federal program as compensation for death, disability, or injury of disaster response workers shall be considered in connection with the determination and settlement of any claim brought under the provisions of §§ 28-31-12 and 28-31-13. […]
§ 28-31-15. Transfer of functions from the department of labor and training. There are transferred to the department of administration those functions, powers, duties, and necessary resources relating to claims of state employees that relate to workers’ compensation formerly vested in the department of labor and training. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 16; […]
§ 28-31-2. Notices given to state or municipality as employer. All notices required to be given by an employee to an employer under the provisions of §§ 28-29-17 — 28-29-19 and of §§ 28-33-30 — 28-33-32, and all other notices required to be given to an employer by an employee under chapters 29 — 38 […]
§ 28-31-3. Medical treatment provided by state or municipality as employer. The medical treatment required to be rendered by an employer to an injured employee under the provisions of § 28-33-5, if the employer is the state, shall be rendered under the direction of a physician appointed for that purpose by the director of the […]
§ 28-31-4. Settlement of claims. (a) The department of administration shall have full authority and power to settle any claims an employee may have against the state under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. (b) When any town or city accepts the provisions of those chapters, the town council of that town and the […]
§ 28-31-5. Payment of benefits for state employees. (a) The expenses incurred for and in behalf of the state under the provisions of §§ 28-31-3, 28-33-5, 28-33-12, 28-33-16, 28-33-17, 28-33-18, 28-33-19, 28-33-34, 28-33-35, 28-33-36, 28-33-37, and 28-33-39 and for benefits similar to the benefits provided for employees of employers other than the state under the […]
§ 28-31-6. Payment of benefits for municipal employees — Action for collection. (a)(1) The expenses incurred for and in behalf of any town or city under the provisions of §§ 28-31-3 and 28-33-5 — 28-33-11, and the amount of compensation due an employee of a town or city as determined by an agreement with or […]
§ 28-31-7. Proceedings involving state or municipality. Legal proceedings under chapters 29 — 38 of this title between the state, a city, or town as an employer and any employee of them shall be brought in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is prescribed herein for any other employer and […]
§ 28-31-8. Insurance requirement inapplicable. The provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title requiring employers to insure against liability to pay compensation arising under the provisions of those chapters shall not apply to the state or any city or town in the state, and the state or any city or town may separately […]
§ 28-31-9. Application to national and state guard members. Members of the national guard and Rhode Island state guard injured in the performance of required, authorized, or permitted duty shall be deemed to be employees of the state, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of chapters 29 — 38 of this title in […]
