Every person, firm, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, including the state, that regularly employs employees in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, express or implied, and a city or town in this state that votes to accept the provisions of those chapters in the manner provided shall constitute an employer subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-6
Employers subject to law
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Beacon Mutual Insurance Company v. Onebeacon Insurance Group (2004)
Most recently applied in 376 F. Supp. 2d 251 - Beacon Mutual Insurance v. OneBeacon Insurance (July 2005)
G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-6; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 32, § 1.
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Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.