Rhode Island
For Rhode Island, program name is Temporary Caregiver Insurance; benefits start date is 2014; total contribution rate is 1.1 percent; employer share is employee-funded only; employee share is 1.1 percent, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Rhode Island verified
- Program name
- Temporary Caregiver Insurance
- Benefits start date
- 2014
- Total contribution rate
- 1.1 percent
- Employer share
- employee-funded only
- Employee share
- 1.1 percent
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,103 verified
- Wage replacement formula
- 4.62 percent of the wages paid to employees in the highest quarter of the base period verified
- Family leave duration
- 6 weeks
- Medical leave duration
- 30 weeks combined disability and family leave
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, bone marrow donation, organ donation our reading
- Program website
- https://dlt.ri.gov/individuals/temporary-disability-caregiver-insurance
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
In Rhode Island, wage replacement is equal to 4.62 percent of the wages paid to employees in the highest quarter of the base period. In 2026, the maximum benefit is $1,103.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/