Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI)

Update (06/03/26): RI TDI recently released the mandatory workplace poster for the 2026 year, so be sure to update your poster if you haven’t already. You can find instructions on how you are required to share the notice with your employees and the link to the notice in our “Notice Requirements” section below.

Additionally, Governor McKee signed a bill expanding the state’s paid family leave through the Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) program. Benefit rates for both TDI and TCI will increase from the current rate of 4.62% to 5.38% starting on January 1, 2027, and then to 5.77% on January 1, 2028. As a reminder, this rate is used to calculate the weekly benefit amount utilizing an employee’s highest wage quarter of the base period, but not to exceed 85% of their average weekly wage.

Update (06/22/26, Effective 07/01/26): The Department of Labor and Training has released the maximum weekly benefit amount for their TDI and TCI programs. Effective July 1, 2026, the maximum weekly benefit rate will increase to $1,150 (from $1,103), and for beneficiaries with up to 5 dependents, the rate will increase to $1,552 (from $1,489). The Department has also released an updated quick reference guide with the new rates, which you can find in the “Resources” section below.

Updates to your company handbook may need to be made if you include Rhode Island specific income replacement benefits information.

Navigate to the Department of Labor and Training (DLT) website and find the poster under the website’s “DLT Required Posters” tab. You are required to display the poster in a conspicuous location within your RI workplace(s), and email it to your remote workers.

Please ensure as a company you are offsetting any salary continuation/company top-up pay aligned with the updated weekly benefit rate maximum, effective 07/01/26.*

*Claims prior to 07/01/26 will continue receiving the same rate. Claims that begin on or after 07/01/26 will be eligible for the new maximum benefit rate.

2026 UI/TDI Quick Reference (Contribution rate update, see the bottom of the page)