Thursday, March 28, 2024

TOPICS

Workplace

In front of a crowd

Have you been a public speaker at an event? Yes: 100% No: 0% What helps make you comfortable speaking in front of an audience? (Select multiple) Understanding the...
SHOP TALK: Vertikal6 service desk apprentices Steven Walsh, left, and Dylan Herrera share a conversation in the company’s office. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Vertikal6 constantly evolving with technology landscape

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE AT A SMALL COMPANY: Vertikal6 THEY SAY big things come in small packages, and that sentiment couldn’t be...
COMMON THREADS: Longtime American Cord & Webbing Co. employees Joseph and Grace Fura monitor a weaving machine at the company’s facility in Woonsocket. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Close-knit workers are crucial to the fabric of American Cord

2019 PBN Business Excellence Awards EXCELLENCE AT A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS: American Cord & Webbing Co. FROM HEAT-RESISTANT PLASTIC BUCKLES for military equipment to backpacks and...

PBN Business Excellence Awards 2019 special section

>> Click here to view the 2019 Business Excellence Awards Special Section
IN DEMAND: Jeffrey Mello, dean of Rhode Island College’s School of Business, says the undergraduate accounting program is now one of the college’s most popular degree programs.
 / PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. colleges, universities finding popularity of accounting classes growing

It’s apparently a good time to keep track of other people’s money. Demand for accounting programs in some colleges and universities across Rhode Island ballooned...

Emojis may cause :( in the workplace

As defined in the Oxford Dictionaries, an emoji is a “small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in electronic...

News of the day

Do you closely follow the news on a regular basis? Yes: 88.9% Sometimes: 11.1% No: 0% Where do you primarily get your news from? Television: 33.4% Newspapers/magazines: 22.2% Online outlets: 22.2% Radio:...
READY TO SERVE: Christina and Ken Procaccianti stand at the soda counter inside Green Line Apothecary in Providence, a throwback to independent pharmacies of an earlier era. 
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Green Line Apothecary offers dose of nostalgia

THE MOST UNUSUAL THING about Green Line Apothecary LLC isn’t its vintage soda fountain, complete with non-medicinal beverages, such as lime rickeys that recall...
HANDS-ON TRAINING: Jill Sypole, second from left, Building Futures health initiatives manager, and Andrew Cortés, third from left, the group’s executive director, stage a training event in Providence on how to administer Narcan to someone who has overdosed.
 / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Hammer, nails… Narcan: Construction training aims to ease opioid crisis

As an industry, construction has been beset by the national opioid epidemic. In Rhode Island, a report by public-health officials found that about 20%...
NEEDING MORE: R.I. Department of Labor and Training Director Scott R. Jensen says the new federal overtime rule for salaried employees, while an improvement, doesn’t reflect “modern realities.” 
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Does new federal overtime rule go far enough for salaried workers?

An additional 1.3 million U.S. workers – including tens of thousands in Rhode Island – will be eligible for premium overtime pay now that...
- Featured Event -

Latest News