§ 28-34-10. Information as to previous employers.
The employee, or his or her dependents, if so requested, shall furnish the last employer or the director or the workers’ compensation court with any information as to the names and addresses of all his or her other employers during the twenty-four (24) months that he or she or they possess. If that information is not furnished, or is not sufficient to enable the last employer to take proceedings against a prior employer under § 28-34-8, unless it is established that the occupational disease actually was contracted while the employee was in his or her employment, the last employer shall not be liable to pay compensation, or, if that information is not furnished or is not sufficient to enable the last employer to take proceedings against the other employers under § 28-34-8, the last employer shall be liable only for that part of the total compensation as under the particular circumstances the workers’ compensation court deems just; but a false statement in the information furnished shall not impair the employer’s rights unless the last employer is prejudiced by it.
History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 10; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 10; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-34 - Workers’ Compensation — Occupational Diseases
Section 28-34-1. - Definitions.
Section 28-34-2. - Occupational diseases listed — Treatment as compensable injury.
Section 28-34-3. - Benefits available to victims of disease.
Section 28-34-4. - Relationship of disease to employment — Time of bringing suit.
Section 28-34-5. - Examination and report by physician.
Section 28-34-6. - Date of disablement.
Section 28-34-7. - Concealment of previous disease — Occupational disease as partial cause.
Section 28-34-8. - Apportionment of liability among successive employers.
Section 28-34-9. - Notice to employer of claim.
Section 28-34-10. - Information as to previous employers.
Section 28-34-11. - Rights as to diseases not covered by chapter.
Section 28-34-12. - Diseases contracted before effective date of chapter.