No savings or insurance of the injured employee, independent of chapters 29 — 38 of
this title, shall be taken into consideration in determining the compensation to be
paid, nor shall benefits derived from any other source than the employer be considered
in fixing the compensation under those chapters, except as provided in § 28-33-45. Any employer who refuses or delays payment under those chapters on account of the
receipt by any injured employee of savings, insurance, or benefits shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Lombardo v. Atkinson-Kiewit, 746 A.2d 679 (R.I. 2000).
· cites it 4× “[6] Contrary to the panel, we hold that the injured employees' savings and other economic benefits derived from non-employment related sources (for example, their assets, net worth, non-job-related income from other sources, or their ability to earn a living by means other than…”
Coletta v. State, 263 A.2d 681 (R.I. 1970).
· cites it 3× “The petitioner’s argument that §28-31-11 should not be construed in a vacuum, but should rather be read in the context of the entire act and especially §28-33-21 6 (1968 Reenactment), does not help his position, since it is well *771 established that, where two provisions of a…”
Stillwater Worsted Mills, Inc. v. Beal, 150 A.2d 704 (R.I. 1959).
“1956, §28-33-21, prohibits computing post-injury earnings from sources other than employment of like character to that in which the employee was injured.”
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