§ 28-34-10 - Information as to previous employers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-34-10

   § 28-34-10  Information as to previousemployers. – The employee, or his or her dependents, if so requested, shall furnish the lastemployer or the director or the workers' compensation court with anyinformation as to the names and addresses of all his or her other employersduring the twenty-four (24) months that he or she or they possess. If thatinformation is not furnished, or is not sufficient to enable the last employerto take proceedings against a prior employer under § 28-34-8, unless it isestablished that the occupational disease actually was contracted while theemployee was in his or her employment, the last employer shall not be liable topay compensation, or, if that information is not furnished or is not sufficientto enable the last employer to take proceedings against the other employersunder § 28-34-8, the last employer shall be liable only for that part ofthe total compensation as under the particular circumstances the workers'compensation court deem just; but a false statement in the informationfurnished shall not impair the employer's rights unless the last employer isprejudiced by it.