Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-9. Notice to employer of claim
The employer to whom notice of death or disability is to be given, or against whom claim is to be made by the employee, shall be the employer who or that last employed the employee during the thirty-six (36) months in the employment to the nature of which the disease was due, and that notice and claim shall be deemed seasonable as against prior employers. The requirements as to notice as to occupational disease and death resulting from it and the requirements as to the bringing of proceedings for compensation for disability or death resulting from the occupational disease shall be the same as required in chapter 33 of this title, except that the notice shall be given to the employer within ninety (90) days after disablement.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 9; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 9; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 151, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-9
- Disability: means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
- Disablement: means the event of becoming disabled as defined in subsection (1) of this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
- Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Occupational disease: means a disease that is due to causes and conditions that are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1