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This is an important update from Chase about your RI Electronic Payment Card and replaces previous updates. Starting February 1st, you will no longer receive surcharge free ATM withdrawals at Washington Trust ATMS. You will continue to have surcharge free ATM access at Chase and Allpoint ATMs nationwide including those at CVS locations.

IMPORTANT: Only Unemployment Insurance customers require 1099G forms to complete their tax returns. Temporary Disability Insurance customers do not require 1099G forms because TDI benefits are not taxable.

TDI provides benefit payments to insured RI workers for weeks of unemployment caused by disability. The TDI program, enacted in 1942, was the first of its kind in the United States. It protects workers against wage loss resulting from a non-work related illness or injury, and is funded exclusively by Rhode Island workers. Only four other states; New York, New Jersey, California and Hawaii, as well as the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, have a TDI program.

Most individuals who work in Rhode Island, regardless of place of residence, are covered by TDI. (Exceptions include federal, state and some municipal employees as well as partners and non-incorporated self employed workers.) To be eligible, an individual must meet certain earnings requirements and be medically certified by a certified health care provider as unable to work.

TDI customers can now download the TDI application from our website.

In the 2008 legislative session the determination of TDI Waiting Period  Section 28-41-12 was amended, the change became effective January 4, 2009. Below is a brief explanation of how the Waiting Period Credit is determined.

  • Seven consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week in which the individual is unemployed due to sickness and earned less than his/her weekly benefit rate.

                                OR

  • Seven consecutive days, commencing with the Sunday of the week following his/her unable to work date if, during the first week of the unable date, the individual has earnings greater than or equal to the benefit rate of the claim.

Earnings include overtime, vacation, sick leave pay, bonuses, commissions and exclude Holiday pay if no services were performed.

Please note this does not affect refiled claims once a benefit year has been established and a waiting period has already been served on that claim.

Click here to file a TDI claim online.

To check the status of your TDI claim, click here. You will need your Social Security number and confirmation number to check the status of your internet-filed claim.

If you work for two or more RI Employers during one year, you may be eligible for a TDI Tax Refund. If you think you're eligible, download the TDI Refund Notice.

Our customers can now download the TDI application from our web site. Click here to download the application, or call (401) 462-8420, option #1, and provide your name, address, phone number and social security number. A paper application will automatically be mailed to you on the following day. Due to high call volume, wait times for customer assistance may exceed 20 minutes.

If you are having difficulty reaching the customer service, you may email your questions to tdi@dlt.ri.gov. Please include your full name, phone number and hometown in your email. Most emails are answered between three and four business days.

Hearing impaired customers may call our TDD line at (401) 462-8466.

 


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RI Department of Labor and Training
Temporary Disability Insurance

P.O. Box 20100, Cranston, RI 02920

Phone: (401) 462-8420
| Fax: (401) 462-8466 | TTY via RI Relay: 711