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ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, Richard D'Antuono of Cranston will plead guilty to charges that he embezzled between $250,000 and $550,000 from a plasterers and cement mason's union local. / COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH

DOJ: Union local business manager/finance secretary to plead guilty to embezzlement

PROVIDENCE – Richard D’Antuono of Cranston is expected to plead guilty to charges that he embezzled between $250,000 and $550,000 in funds from a...

Perspective can change everything

A woman hired a bricklayer to build a wall outside her upscale home. Talking with him while he worked, she was amazed to discover...

Rehearsals create empowered, engaged employees

One of the great things I learned while training as a young second lieutenant at Fort Benning, Ga., was the use of rehearsals. We...

A robot revolution is coming

Amid all the fear of robots taking human jobs, skeptical voices have been asking: Where are these robots? Machine-learning systems – commonly marketed as...

Going mobile

Do you use a mobile device to work while away from the office or your computer? Yes 100% No 0% Sometimes 0% Which of the following does your...
BUYOUTS: Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s decision to offer about 1,000 public employees early-retirement buyouts has received criticism from former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, saying the buyouts could delay cost-of-living adjustments owed to retirees beginning in fiscal 2030-31. / PBN FILE PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Chafee fears buyout plan would delay COLAs

In an attempt to find savings in what’s become a challenging budget year, the state is offering about 1,000 public employees early-retirement buyouts. The offer...

Marijuana and the workplace

Millions of American workers have a right that they did not have until recently; the right to lawfully cultivate, use and possess marijuana. All...

File, seal, deliver

Does your company hire a professional tax preparer to do its taxes? Yes 81.8% No 18.2% Is filing your company’s taxes too complex a task? Yes 72.7% No 27.3% Do...
RECOGNIZING STAFF: Shelly Swallow, payroll specialist, left, and Valerie Ball, senior HR manager, hand out T-shirts to employees at Blount Fine Foods as part of its corporate recognition program. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rewards help get best out of staff

Blount Fine Foods ­employees last month rang in National Pizza and Beer Day with a pizza and root beer party at their Fall River...

How to tighten your company’s cybersecurity

The Equifax hack generated headlines because it was huge – compromising vital personal information of potentially 145 million Americans – and forcing the retirement...
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