Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-42-4 (2026)

Services performed partly outside state

✓ current as of July 2026

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“Employment” includes an individual’s entire service, performed within or both within and without this state, if:

(1) The service is localized in this state; or

(2) The service is not localized in any state but some of the service is performed in this state and

(i) The base of operations, or, if there is no base of operations, then the place from which the service is directed or controlled, is in this state; or

(ii) The base of operations or place from which that service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the service is performed but the individual’s residence is in this state.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1968–2001 · leading case: Romano v. Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys., 767 A.2d 35 (R.I. 2001).

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Romano v. Ret. Bd. of the Employees' Ret. Sys., 767 A.2d 35 (R.I. 2001). · cites it 4× “Moreover, the authority of the governmental agent to enter into the alleged agreement with the union may not have been ascertainable simply by reviewing the terms of G.L.1956 § 28-42-4, the statute that required the employment services in question to have been "localized in…”

Ferrelli v. Dep't of Emp. Sec., 261 A.2d 906 (R.I. 1970). · cites it 6× “The claimant argues that he is entitled to credit for wages received for services performed in Massachusetts in that the *590 work was “employment” as contemplated by the provisions of §28-42-4. That statute, in pertinent part, provides that employment shall “* * * include an…”

H. J. Bernard Realty Co. v. Dir. of Emp. Sec., 248 A.2d 245 (R.I. 1968). “They read as follows: “28-42-3 (7) ‘Employment/ subject to the provisions of §§28-42-4 to 28-42-10, inclusive, means service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied.”

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