Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-29 - Workers’ Compensation — General Provisions

Section 28-29-1. - Short title. - § 28-29-1. Short title. Chapters 29 — 38 of this...

Section 28-29-1.1. - Name change. - § 28-29-1.1. Name change. Wherever in the general or public...

Section 28-29-1.2. - Legislative findings and implementation of reforms. - § 28-29-1.2. Legislative findings and implementation of reforms. (a)(1) WHEREAS,...

Section 28-29-1.3. - Jurisdiction of Workers’ Compensation Act. - § 28-29-1.3. Jurisdiction of Workers’ Compensation Act. The provisions of...

Section 28-29-2. - Definitions. - § 28-29-2. Definitions. In chapters 29 — 38 of this...

Section 28-29-3. - Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of employment. - § 28-29-3. Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of...

Section 28-29-4. - Defenses available in action against employer subject to law — Towns and cities. - § 28-29-4. Defenses available in action against employer subject to...

Section 28-29-5. - Employers exempt. - § 28-29-5. Employers exempt. The provisions of chapters 29 —...

Section 28-29-6. - Employers subject to law. - § 28-29-6. Employers subject to law. Every person, firm, and...

Section 28-29-6.1. - Secondary provision of workers’ compensation insurance. - § 28-29-6.1. Secondary provision of workers’ compensation insurance. (a) Whenever...

Section 28-29-6.2. - Employers’ mandatory disclosure. - § 28-29-6.2. Employers’ mandatory disclosure. All employers doing business in...

Section 28-29-7. - Domestic and farm laborers. - § 28-29-7. Domestic and farm laborers. Domestic servants, farmers, farm...

Section 28-29-7.1. - Exemption from workers’ compensation — Certain real estate persons. - § 28-29-7.1. Exemption from workers’ compensation — Certain real estate...

Section 28-29-7.2. - Farm laborers. - § 28-29-7.2. Farm laborers. Farmers, nursery operators, or farm laborers...

Section 28-29-8. - Election by exempt employers to be subject to law. - § 28-29-8. Election by exempt employers to be subject to...

Section 28-29-9. - Service of process on nonresident employers. - § 28-29-9. Service of process on nonresident employers. Every employer,...

Section 28-29-10. - Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required. - § 28-29-10. Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required. Every...

Section 28-29-11. - Annual certificate of compliance. - § 28-29-11. Annual certificate of compliance. All corporations that are...

Section 28-29-12. - Certificate fee. - § 28-29-12. Certificate fee. The secretary of state shall be...

Section 28-29-13. - Posting of summaries of law. - § 28-29-13. Posting of summaries of law. (a) Every employer...

Section 28-29-13.1. - Booklets — Information. - § 28-29-13.1. Booklets — Information. (a) In order to ensure...

Section 28-29-14. - Forms prescribed and furnished. - § 28-29-14. Forms prescribed and furnished. The director shall prescribe...

Section 28-29-15. - Exemption of professional hockey personnel. - § 28-29-15. Exemption of professional hockey personnel. Professional ice hockey...

Section 28-29-16. - Certificate of coverage by another state. - § 28-29-16. Certificate of coverage by another state. A certificate...

Section 28-29-17. - Waiver of common law rights — Notice of claim of common law right. - § 28-29-17. Waiver of common law rights — Notice of...

Section 28-29-17.1. - Notice of designation as independent contractor. - § 28-29-17.1. Notice of designation as independent contractor. (a) A...

Section 28-29-18. - Minors deemed sui juris — Claim of common law rights. - § 28-29-18. Minors deemed sui juris — Claim of common...

Section 28-29-19. - Waiver of claim of common law rights. - § 28-29-19. Waiver of claim of common law rights. (a)...

Section 28-29-20. - Rights in lieu of other rights and remedies. - § 28-29-20. Rights in lieu of other rights and remedies....

Section 28-29-21. - Wrongful death law inapplicable. - § 28-29-21. Wrongful death law inapplicable. In all cases where...

Section 28-29-22. - Agreement for alternative scheme — Approval and certification. - § 28-29-22. Agreement for alternative scheme — Approval and certification....

Section 28-29-23. - Termination provisions in alternative scheme. - § 28-29-23. Termination provisions in alternative scheme. No scheme which...

Section 28-29-24. - Revocation of certificate as to alternative scheme. - § 28-29-24. Revocation of certificate as to alternative scheme. If...

Section 28-29-25. - Penal provisions in other statutes unaffected. - § 28-29-25. Penal provisions in other statutes unaffected. Nothing in...

Section 28-29-26. - Supervision of enforcement. - § 28-29-26. Supervision of enforcement. (a) Department of labor and...

Section 28-29-27. - Appropriations and disbursements. - § 28-29-27. Appropriations and disbursements. The general assembly shall annually...

Section 28-29-28. - [Repealed.] - § 28-29-28. [Repealed.] History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art....

Section 28-29-29. - Severability. - § 28-29-29. Severability. If any section of chapters 29 —...

Section 28-29-30. - Advisory council. - § 28-29-30. Advisory council. (a) There is created a workers’...