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JUST ASK: Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO Kelly Nevins says a new state statute requiring employers to provide a salary range upon a job applicant’s request will not only increase pay equity but save time for both employers and applicants.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. employers must provide salary range for open positions upon request

Focus 05/26/2023

Between poring over resumes and cover letters and multiple rounds of interviews, the job search process has often been likened to a job in...

A RECENT SURVEY conducted by global human resources firm Robert Half International Inc. found that 41% of respondents said they intended to look for a new job in the first half of 2022. / AP PHOTO/JENNY KANE

‘Great resignation’ to continue in 2022, and employers must respond

Economy 12/31/2021

With staffing shortages pervasive across many industries, waves of workers are ready to jump to new jobs or even new careers in the new...

SUMMER SOCIAL: Wendy Kagan, left, executive vice president for employee and community engagement at BankNewport, was eager to return to a traditional work environment once pandemic-related restrictions eased. Employees Lesley Vogt-Behan and Paul Marchetti, right, enjoy pizza and salad during one of the company’s Pizza Wednesdays, which it implemented to entice workers to return to the office. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Home or office? Worker morale is in the balance

Coronavirus 08/06/2021

Free pizza for lunch may not outweigh the conveniences of working at home. But it can, perhaps, sweeten the deal for those reluctant to...

ANOTHER OPTION: Manny Rezendes, an investment adviser representative with Euclid Financial Services, says more businesses, particularly small and midsized ones, are offering the Roth 401(k) in their retirement benefits packages. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Roth 401(k)s gain popularity at small, midsized businesses

Financial Services 11/29/2019

The 401(k), the stalwart of retirement accounts, has a younger sibling that’s starting to become more common in benefits menus in Rhode Island. For many...

HOT SPOT: Mobile Beacon staffers, from left, Rick Lindholm, sales manager; Cristina Graham, program director; and Katherine Messier, founder and executive director, speak with Kate Aubin at the Providence Public Library about the broadband-service provider’s 4G mobile hotspot devices, which people can check out from the library – the first and now largest such program in the country. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Passionate entrepreneur driven to assist nonprofits

Business Women 05/25/2018

Honoree | Katherine Messier, Mobile Beacon A Rhode Island innovation story may not get more homegrown than Katherine Messier’s. But the impact of her...