Teaching the trades that preserve history
The request sounded simple enough: repair a heating and ventilation system stymied by a broken fan. But when The Armory Revival Co. recently fielded...
Performance reviews in post-COVID era
Few office workers seem to like performance reviews, and many seem to outright hate – or fear – them.
A 2015 survey of Fortune 1000...
Family businesses find perks to hiring their kids
As a certified public accountant, Jonathan Ucran is trained to look at every issue through a tax-minded lens.
Ironically, tax benefits were not top of...
Vets’ transition to civilian jobs aided by R.I.-based alliance
Camy R. Ruck’s experience in the U.S. Navy from 2012 to 2018 equipped her with skills to be an information system technician overseeing computer...
More firms tapping into ranks of ex-military
Jeremy Tolleson traded one conflict for another when he retired from the U.S. Army and started working for the R.I. Department of Labor and...
Hospitals find good, bad in hiring travel nurses
For most hospitals, employing travel nurses isn’t new: before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick typically had eight to 10 travel...
Paid family leave equals happiness
The U.S. remains the only advanced economy without federal paid leave, despite overwhelming support for this benefit.
Employers are free to provide this benefit at...
Suddenly, the new U.S. union movement
In a result that could reverberate across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com...
Can a company have too much talent?
In 2014, journalist Matt Taibbi resigned from First Look Media, at the time a fledgling news organization only 10 months old. According to news...
R.I. State Police Col. James Manni hired as South Kingstown town...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – R.I. State Police Col. James M. Manni is returning to municipal government as a town manager once again.
After serving for three...