RICCA to retain employees under new management, despite 1K-plus layoff notices
PROVIDENCE – Despite the owner and operator of the R.I. Convention Center Authority venues filing a notice for more than 1,000 layoffs earlier this...
Costs of workplace violence too high to ignore
Violence and harassment on the job are all too common. More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International...
Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes
A law enacted three years ago intended to ensure quality care at Rhode Island nursing homes has yet to be enforced, and no one...
Membership on corporate boards is changing, but is it enough?
Through the decades, corporate boards have been mostly white and mostly male.
That started changing in the early 1970s. Fueled by the historic gains of...
Panel: Adaptability is key in today’s job market
Though Rhode Island’s job numbers have largely rebounded to pre-COVID-19 levels, Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, doesn’t exactly...
The cost of layoffs: Looking beyond pink slips
When economic adversity collides with a business plan, the response to the cost issues must be prompt – and it must be right. When...
R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family...
While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...
Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges
Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language.
But...
Cyber Sessions: Don’t ignore the human factor in building resilience
(Editor’s note: This is the 18th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
R.I. among 9 states yet to recover all jobs lost in...
Rhode Island is among nine states, plus the nation’s capital, yet to recover all of their jobs lost to the pandemic, according to a...
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