R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-4

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 28-44-4 - Inclusion of unpaid wages

Wages earned by an employee for employment from employers which remain unpaid because the assets of the employer for whom that employment was rendered are in the custody or control of an assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, trustee, or any other fiduciary appointed by or under the control of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, for all purposes of §§ 28-44-1, 28-44-3, 28-44-6, and 28-44-11, be deemed to be and shall be treated as though those wages had been paid to that employee during the calendar year within which those wages were earned.

G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 6; P.L. 1940, ch. 812, § 2; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, §28-44-4; P.L. 2001 , ch. 86, § 92.