Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 28-43 - Employment Security — Contributions
Section 28-43-8. - Experience rates — Tables.

§ 28-43-8. Experience rates — Tables.
(a)(1) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is six and four-tenths percent (6.4%) or more of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule A in this subsection.
(2) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is five and five-tenths percent (5.5%) but less than six and four-tenths (6.4%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule B in this subsection.
(3) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is four and seventy-five hundredths percent (4.75%) but less than five and five-tenths percent (5.5%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule C in this subsection.
(4) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is four percent (4.0%) but less than four and seventy-five hundredths percent (4.75%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule D in this subsection.
(5) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is three and twenty-five hundredths percent (3.25%) but less than four percent (4.0%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule E in this subsection.
(6) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is two and five-tenths percent (2.5%) but less than three and twenty-five hundredths percent (3.25%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule F in this subsection.
(7) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) but less than two and five-tenths percent (2.5%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule G in this subsection.
(8) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is one percent (1.0%) but less than one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule H in this subsection.
(9) Whenever, as of September 30, 2016, or any subsequent computation date, the amount in the employment security fund available for benefits is less than one percent (1.0%) of total payrolls as determined in § 28-43-1(9) (reserve ratio of fund), an experience rate for each eligible employer for the immediately following calendar year shall be determined in accordance with schedule I in this subsection.
[See Tax Schedules]
(10) [Deleted by P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 22, § 3].

(b) The contribution rate for each employer for a given calendar year shall be determined and the employer notified of it not later than April 1 next succeeding each computation date. That determination shall be binding unless an appeal is taken in accordance with provisions of § 28-43-13.
History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 5; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 5; P.L. 1947, ch. 1923, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2367, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 28-43-2, 28-43-5, 28-43-6, 28-43-9; G.L. 1956, § 28-43-8; P.L. 1958 (s.s.), ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 201, § 2; P.L. 1968, ch. 291, § 2; P.L. 1970, ch. 165, § 2; P.L. 1971, ch. 94, § 8; P.L. 1979, ch. 108, § 6; P.L. 1984, ch. 130, § 2; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 4; P.L. 1985, ch. 372, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 493, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 369, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 401, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 8, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 22, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 3, § 1.