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The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits was little changed last week, signaling the labor market is stabilizing.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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Tunstall Americas, a division of U.K.-based Tunstall Healthcare Group, and a provider of health care communications services, is in the process of hiring 250 people to fully staff its new Pawtucket local and will hold a local recruitment drive on Friday, April 19, to find candidates.
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By PBN Staff
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The Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission has chosen Jan Brodie, a former vice president of the Armory Revival Co. now working for a Boston nonprofit developer, to be its first executive director, Commission Chairman Colin Kane confirmed Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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An analysis of Rhode Island’s tax data, released Thursday by the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, shows more growth in the state’s private sector employment during the fourth quarter of 2012 than was originally estimated.
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By PBN Staff
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The survey responses of about 200 furloughed state-employed professionals’ who were denied input in managing their time off showed higher emotional exhaustion and lower work performance even after returning to work.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. plunged more than forecast last week unwinding a surge caused by the Easter holiday and spring break at schools.
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By Shobhana Chandra and Lorraine Woellert |
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Unemployment rates fell year over year in February in 187 of the United States’ 372 metropolitan areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro, according to the latest non-seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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Women in the Rhode Island make, on average, 85 cents to every dollar paid to men, according to a new report released by the National Partnership for Women and Families.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, reflecting the difficulty the government has adjusting the figures around the Easter holiday and spring break at schools.
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Shobhana Chandra |
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Due to the effects of federal sequestration, weekly benefits for the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program will be reduced by 12.2 percent starting April 21, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training announced Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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