Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-5.1. Employer’s account – Voluntary contributions
Any employer who has been assigned an experience rate, and who has filed all reports required under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, and has paid all contributions, interest, and penalties due under chapters 42 — 44 of this title, may make a voluntary contribution to his or her account. Such voluntary contribution shall be paid not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the department has issued a notice of the employer’s experience rate, or prior to the expiration of one hundred twenty (120) days after the start of the calendar year, for which the experience rate is effective, whichever is earlier. Upon timely payment of a voluntary contribution, the contribution shall be credited to the employer’s account balance and that employer shall receive a recomputation of its experience rate for that calendar year. No voluntary contribution shall be refunded in whole or in part.
History of Section.
P.L. 2015, ch. 221, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 239, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-5.1
- Department: means the department of labor and training. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Experience rate: means the contribution rate assigned to an employer's account under whichever is applicable of schedules A — I in § 28-43-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
- Voluntary contribution: means a contribution paid by an employer to his or her account in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1