R.I. Gen. Laws
Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-6 (2026)

Employers subject to law

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2005 · leading case: Spikes v. State, 458 A.2d 672 (R.I. 1983).
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Spikes v. State, 458 A.2d 672 (R.I. 1983). · cites it 4× “Section 28-29-6 defines all employers who are subject to the act, as “[e]very person, firm, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, including the state, that employs four (4) or more work *674 ers or operatives regularly in the same business or in or…”
Beacon Mut. Ins. v. Onebeacon Ins. Grp., 376 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 2004). “R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-6. Indeed, according to the Confusion Matrix (the accuracy of which has not been challenged), at least one Beacon Mutual customer has had its policy lapse because of such an error.”
Beacon Mut. Ins. v. OneBeacon Ins., 376 F. Supp. 2d 251 (D.R.I. 2005). · cites it 2× “R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-6. The majority of Rhode Island employers who purchase workers’ compensation insurance are small businesses who employ less than five people.”
Laliberte v. Salum, 503 A.2d 510 (R.I. 1986). · cites it 3× “According to Salum, he, Max Salvas, Harvey Salvas, Louis Salvas, Len-nie Martel, Jean Laliberte, and Dennis Hughes all had worked remodeling Lali-berte’s home.”
Beacon Mut. Ins. v. OneBeacon Ins. Grp., 290 F. Supp. 2d 241 (D.R.I. 2003). · cites it 2× “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-6. Since its inception as the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund in 1990, a state-chartered provider of workers’ compensation insurance, see n.”
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