Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-14 (2026)

Waiting period

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(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, the waiting period of any individual shall be either:

(1) Seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the claimant filed a claim for benefits, during which that individual is totally unemployed due to lack of work; or

(2) Seven (7) consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the claimant filed a claim for benefits, during which that individual is employed less than full time due to lack of work and during which he or she has earned remuneration for services performed in an amount less than his or her weekly benefit rate; provided, that no waiting period credit can be given in either case if a disqualification has been imposed with respect to the whole or any portion of that seven-day (7) period under § 28-44-12 or §§ 28-44-16 — 28-44-21.

(b) No waiting period shall be given to any individual unless he or she has filed a valid claim in accordance with regulations adopted as prescribed.

(c) Benefits shall be payable to an eligible individual only for those weeks of his or her unemployment within a benefit year that occur subsequent to one waiting period, which shall be served at any time during the benefit year.

(d) No period of total or partial unemployment shall be counted towards an individual’s required waiting period if, with respect to any portion of that period of unemployment, benefits have been paid under the employment security or temporary disability insurance acts of any other state or of any similar acts of any foreign government, or if benefits have been paid under the temporary disability insurance act of this state or under any similar acts of the United States.

(e) In the event that an individual’s unemployment is due to a natural disaster or state of emergency, there shall be no waiting period.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no waiting period shall be in effect from the date of enactment of this article through June 30, 2009.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1993 · leading case: Rhode Island Chamber of Com. v. Hackett, 411 A.2d 300 (R.I. 1980).

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Rhode Island Chamber of Com. v. Hackett, 411 A.2d 300 (R.I. 1980). · cites it 10× “1956 (1979 Reenactment) §28-44-14 on future filings for unemployment benefits within that benefit year.”

DePetrillo v. Dep't of Emp. Sec., Bd. of Review, 623 A.2d 31 (R.I. 1993). · cites it 2× “1956 (1986 Reenactment) § 28-44-12, (2) that plaintiff was monetarily ineligible pursuant to § 28-44-11, and (3) that plaintiff failed to establish a “waiting period” in compliance with § 28-44-14. I We begin by reviewing the District Court judge’s decision which affirmed DES’s…”

Grinnell Corp. v. Hackett, 344 F. Supp. 749 (D.R.I. 1972). · cites it 2× “Following expiration of their collective bargaining agreement and of several months of negotiations, the 585 employees of the plaintiff, Grinnell Corporation at the Cranston, R.”

— R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-14(1) — 1 case

Rhode Island Chamber of Com. v. Hackett, 411 A.2d 300 (R.I. 1980). “1956 (1979 Reenactment) §28-44-14 on future filings for unemployment benefits within that benefit year.”

— R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-14(3) — 1 case

Rhode Island Chamber of Com. v. Hackett, 411 A.2d 300 (R.I. 1980). “1956 (1979 Reenactment) §28-44-14 on future filings for unemployment benefits within that benefit year.”

— R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-14(c) — 1 case

DePetrillo v. Dep't of Emp. Sec., Bd. of Review, 623 A.2d 31 (R.I. 1993). “1956 (1986 Reenactment) § 28-44-12, (2) that plaintiff was monetarily ineligible pursuant to § 28-44-11, and (3) that plaintiff failed to establish a “waiting period” in compliance with § 28-44-14. I We begin by reviewing the District Court judge’s decision which affirmed DES’s…”

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