Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped for the first time in three months to 11 percent in May, a two-tenths of a percentage point decrease from April, the R.I. Department of Labor reported Friday. more

New hires at Cranston-based Alex and Ani Inc. are given tech tools they need to bring the office to them when they join the company. more

Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP makes the workplace more streamlined for its 78 Providence employees in thoughtful, logical ways. more

When employees at the state’s largest independent insurance agency, Starkweather & Shelpley Insurance Brokerage Inc., wanted to slim down, they brought management on board. Discounted gym memberships and on-site Weight Watchers meetings soon followed. That was about 10 years ago. more

Need to wind down a little bit? Most of us do. more

The United Way of Rhode Island’s mission is nothing short of changing this corner of the world. The nonprofit believes that if people have a high-quality educational experience, if they can earn and manage money, and if they can live in stable and affordable housing, everyone will benefit. more

At Barnum Financial Group, every employee has work goals, but the company knows they have other priorities as well. more

What do they say about the family who laugh together? And that’s just how it goes at Pawtucket Credit Union, the Best Place To Work among large companies in the 2012 competition produced by Best Companies Group and sponsored by Providence Business News, the second win in the category for PCU. more

It’s a local credit union with the distinction of being Rhode Island’s first. In 1915, Navigant Credit Union opened its doors in the basement of Notre Dame Parish in Central Falls. Since then, it has upheld its core values of staying committed to the financial well-being of the families, businesses and communities it serves. more

University Medicine is a medical group that practices what it preaches: its three missions of patient care, teaching and research are fully integrated into the workplace. more