Late Friday afternoon Landmark Medical Center announced that it had laid off 31 employees on Oct. 30, including members of management, administration and patient-care staff. more

The 10 highest paid employees in the University of Massachusetts system are on track to receive an average of $452,345 in base pay this year, according to the Boston Business Journal’s DataCenter. more

South County Hospital was the only hospital in Rhode Island to earn a Gold recognition from the American Heart Association as a Fit-Friendly Worksite, the hospital announced Thursday. more

It’s a taxpayer divide. That’s the takeaway since the tape was leaked of Mitt Romney referring to the 47 percent of citizens who don’t pay income taxes. more

Rhode Island will receive $3.3 million from the U.S. Labor Department as part of $20.7 million in Disability Employment Initiative funding nationwide. more

Rhode Island businesses lack in promoting women leadership within both the private and nonprofit sectors despite strong evidence that shared gender management leads to greater economic stability, according to a report by Vision2020, a national initiative to promote female equality, released Tuesday. more

Beverly Haviland, a senior lecturer and visiting associate professor in Brown University’s American Studies department, holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Princeton University. more

Mark G. Griffin was recently appointed to the board of directors for Children’s Friend, after being selected for his corporate experience and knowledge of the Rhode Island nonprofit community. Griffin brings more than a decade of organizational and human resources experience to the board and currently serves as senior vice president for corporate human resources at CVS Caremark Corp. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial psychology and human resources from the University of Rhode Island. more

ATLANTA – PRGX Global Inc. announced last week that it has been awarded the comprehensive recovery audit contract for the state of Rhode Island. more

There’s an old adage that professionals should dress for the job they want, not the job they have. more