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Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-4-64 (2026)

Sick leave — Workers’ compensation

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(a) Whenever an employee shall be absent from his or her duties and is awaiting workers’ compensation benefits, he or she shall be granted sick leave in an amount not to exceed his or her regular compensation.

(b) Whenever an employee shall be absent from his or her duties and is receiving compensation as provided in the workers’ compensation laws, he or she shall be granted sick leave so that the total of his or her compensation as provided in the workers’ compensation laws and his or her deductions from sick leave shall not exceed eighty three and three tenths percent (83.3%) of his or her regular compensation. Deductions from accumulated credits shall be applied only to that part of his or her salary which is paid as an addition to workers’ compensation payments. Annual leave credits may be applied in the same manner. When the absence shall not be covered by sick leave or annual leave it shall be deemed to be leave without pay.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–2000 · leading case: State v. Rhode Island All. of Soc. Servs. Employees, Local 580, 747 A.2d 465 (R.I. 2000).
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State v. Rhode Island All. of Soc. Servs. Employees, Local 580, 747 A.2d 465 (R.I. 2000). “Rather, the ratio decidendi of cases like Pawtucket School Committee, MHRH, National Association of Nurses, and RIB-CO is a broader one: neither a department of state government nor a union of its employees — let alone an arbitrator — can agree to relieve the parties to a CBA of…”
Nat'l Ass'n of Nurses, Local No. 79 v. State, 614 A.2d 782 (R.I. 1992). · cites it 7× “1956 (1990 Reenactment) § 36-4-64 to an agreement that pre-existed the enactment of the statute.”
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