Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT), Unemployment Insurance

Rhode Island · Unemployment

dlt.ri.gov/individuals/unemployment-insurance

State Unemployment Benefits in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training administers unemployment insurance. The UI Call Center handles the death and any payment owed for weeks certified before it case by case.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Report the claimant's death to the Rhode Island DLT UI Call Center at (401) 415-6772 so weekly certification and payments stop.
2
Ask the UI Call Center how any payment for weeks the claimant certified before death is handled and what documentation it requires.

State Unemployment Benefits in Rhode Island: key facts

What Rhode Island says2

Reporting a death

A claimant's death is reported to the DLT UI Call Center so weekly certification and payments stop.1

Benefits at and after the death

The UI Call Center handles the death and any payment owed for weeks the claimant certified before it case by case.1

Benefits are paid only for weeks the claimant certified, through UI Online or by phone; a week that is never certified is not paid.1

Not in Rhode Island's published guidance3

  • A rule paying a deceased claimant's benefits to a survivor or estate
  • Who may claim a final payment
  • Documents for a final payment

Sources1

  1. 1.Unemployment Insurance (Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training)

Rhode Island unemployment benefits

Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT), Unemployment Insurance

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