Panel: Offering flexible workplace is now a must

WORK-FOCUSED: Panelists lead a discussion at Providence Business News’ 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 16. The panel included, from left, Julie Matthew, Nina Pande, Bill Schmiedeknecht, Doug Sherman and Matthew Weldon. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI
WORK-FOCUSED: Panelists lead a discussion at Providence Business News’ 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 16. The panel included, from left, Julie Matthew, Nina Pande, Bill Schmiedeknecht, Doug Sherman and Matthew Weldon. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

From an employer perspective, the labor market may appear to be in poor shape as many fear the U.S. is nearing, or is already in, a recession, says Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. But according to some data, the hiring difficulties many companies are experiencing have a bright side,

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