§ 28-43-1 Definitions
§ 28-43-2 Balancing account – Credits and charges
§ 28-43-3 Employer’s accounts – Credits and charges
§ 28-43-4 Statement of condition of employment security fund and balancing account
§ 28-43-5 Employer’s account – Statement of balance, credits, and charges
§ 28-43-5.1 Employer’s account – Voluntary contributions
§ 28-43-6 Notification of benefit payments to employers
§ 28-43-7 Taxable wage base
§ 28-43-7.1 Determination of employer’s total taxable wages
§ 28-43-8 Experience rates – Tables
§ 28-43-8.1 Time and manner of payment of employer contributions
§ 28-43-8.3 Rate where no experience
§ 28-43-8.5 Job development assessment
§ 28-43-8.6 Employment security reemployment assessment
§ 28-43-9 Balancing rate
§ 28-43-10 Application of predecessor’s payroll record to successor employer
§ 28-43-12 Adjustments – Refund of overpayments
§ 28-43-13 Appeals to the board of review
§ 28-43-14 Appeals to the board of review on other matters
§ 28-43-15 Interest on delinquent payments
§ 28-43-16 Priority of contributions in bankruptcy or judicial distribution of assets
§ 28-43-17 Determination of contributions without report by employer
§ 28-43-18 Civil action to recover contributions
§ 28-43-19 Representation of director in civil actions
§ 28-43-20 Contributions as debt to state – Lien on real estate
§ 28-43-21 Notice of transfer of business – Contributions due immediately
§ 28-43-22 Collection powers – Surety bond to pay
§ 28-43-24 Contributions payable by governmental entities
§ 28-43-28 Waiver of contributions and interest under one dollar
§ 28-43-29 Liability for contributions and election of reimbursement
§ 28-43-30 Reimbursement payments – Nonprofit organizations and governmental entities
§ 28-43-31 Allocation of benefit costs – Reimbursable employers
§ 28-43-32 Group accounts
§ 28-43-33 Transition provisions
§ 28-43-34 Repayment – Federal advances
§ 28-43-35 Special rules regarding transfers of experience and assignment of rates
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 28-43 - Employment Security - Contributions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Balancing account: means a book account to be established within the employment security fund, the initial balance of which shall be established by the director as of September 30, 1979, by transferring the balance of the solvency account on that date to the balancing account. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Computation date: means September 30 of each year. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of labor and training. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • 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
  • Eligible employer: means an employer who has had three (3) consecutive experience years during each of which contributions have been credited to the employer's account and benefits have been chargeable to this account. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Experience year: means the period of twelve (12), consecutive calendar months ending September 30 of each year. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reserve percentage: means , in relation to an employer's account, the net balance of that account on a computation date, including any voluntary contributions made in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Tax year: means the calendar year. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Taxable payroll: means , for the purpose of this chapter, the total of all wages as defined in § 28-42-3(29). See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • Total payroll: means , for the purpose of this chapter, the total of all wages paid by all employers who are required to pay contributions under the provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
  • Voluntary contribution: means a contribution paid by an employer to his or her account in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws 28-43-1