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Unemployment rate drops in Providence metro
Unemployment rates were lower in August in 325 of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro area, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. more
| 10/3/12
Companies in U.S. increased payrolls by 162,000, ADP says
Companies added more workers than projected in September, evidence the labor market may be perking up, a private report based on payrolls showed. more
Mass. unemployment rate inches up in August
BOSTON – The Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development last month reported that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary August 2012 estimates show that Massachusetts lost 4,800 jobs over the month, for a total of 3.24 million jobs. The loss follows a revised gain of 300 jobs in July. more
10/1/12
Coming pension war makes election battle look tame
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
Guest Column:
Amity Shlaes | 10/1/12
New England jobless rate rises to 7.3% in August
New England’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points from July to August to 7.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday. more
| 9/21/12 | 1 comment
Unemployment rate drops to 10.7% in August
The state’s jobless rate marked a fourth consecutive month of improvement in August, falling to 10.7 percent according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. more
R.I. receives $3.3M from Labor Dept. for disability employment
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
| 9/21/12
More Americans than forecast filed jobless claims last week
More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, adding to concern the labor market is slackening. more
Report: R.I. businesses lack in gender job equality
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
Summer training and the hiring is easy
Amidst all the public gnashing of teeth over the workplace “skills gap,” one large employer has taken solving the problem into its own hands. And it might just be a model that more companies could emulate. more
9/10/12
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