RHODE ISLAND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COURT MEDIATION PROGRAM
To be eligible for mediation:
- If the matter is NOT currently in litigation, the employer (with the employee’s consent) or the employee (with the employer’s consent) can file a Petition for Mediation and the Chief Judge will decide to whom it will be assigned.
- If a matter is in litigation, a Petition for Mediation cannot be filed; instead the hearing judge will refer the matter to mediation if the parties request that it be done.
- There must be no companion case actively pending before the Court (aside from the workers’ compensation case); and
- A stipulation must be submitted, with the petition for mediation, signed by a representative of the employee and the employer consenting to mediation.
*Mediators will be retired or currently sitting Workers’ Compensation Court judges designated by the Chief Judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court or an attorney appointed by the Chief Judge.
*Any statements made as well as any documents submitted during the mediation process shall be confidential.
*If you have a workers’ compensation matter currently pending in Rhode Island and would like to discuss the possibility of mediation, please feel free to contact one of our attorneys:
Karen Finley…………………[email protected]
Christopher Fiore…………[email protected]
James Hornstein…………[email protected]
Courtney Manchester……[email protected]
Please find Administrative Order # 2022-05 with the forms included concerning the WCC Mediation Program here.
News from
other states:
New Hampshire, Vermont & Connecticut have followed the IRS and increased their reimbursement rates for employees’ travel to $.625 per mile effective July 1, 2022.
Please find some helpful information to assist you:
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-increases-mileage-rate-for-remainder-of-2022
https://www.nh.gov/labor/workers-comp/adjusting-tools.htm
https://labor.vermont.gov/document/mileage-and-meal-rates
We will be offering a webinar replay of our
Massachusetts Basics of Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
10:00 am to 1:00 pm EST