Rhode Island General Laws 28-47-15. Employee leasing company self-insurance
An employee leasing company that wishes to self-insure without becoming a member of a group of employers shall be subject to this chapter and may adopt a plan of self-insurance and make application to the director for its approval and, for the purpose of this chapter, the employee leasing company shall be considered the group self-insurer. Provided, that the director shall have the authority to exempt any employee leasing company from the provisions of this chapter as he or she deems reasonable. Nothing in this section shall prevent more than one employee leasing company from making an application to become a group self-insurer under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 299, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-47-15
- Director: means the director of labor and training or his or her designee unless specifically stated otherwise. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Employee leasing company: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of business entity whose business consists largely of providing workers to one or more client companies by means of employee leasing arrangements. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-47-1
- employers: shall include :
(1) Employers with related activity in a given industry employing persons who perform work in connection with the given industry;
(2) An incorporated or unincorporated association or associations consisting exclusively of those employers provided they employ persons who perform that related work in the given industry; and
(3) A combination of employers as described in subsection (a)(1) and an association or associations of employers as described in subsection (a)(2). See Rhode Island General Laws 28-47-1